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    Hard Problems About Research Software
    Macro Concerns Conventional Reference Lists Are the Wrong Long-Term Solution Unlike ideas, which need to be explicitly cited, software dependencies are naturally made explicit in the code. Thus, there is no need for conventional reference lists (~ a bad database). ... Read More »  ( 6 min )

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    How Fast Are Private, Govt Solutions?
    I recently asked on Twitter: When a problem is serious, and "something must be done", why do folks so often assume that it must be governments who do it? (more) Many of my 113 gave a similar answer. A sample:
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    The Most Important Thing Isn’t Your Writing — It’s Your Serendipity System.
    Roam if you want to Continue reading on The Writing Cooperative »  ( 14 min )
    Mastering My Inner Self-Talk to Publish My Fourth Book in 5 Years
    My brain tried hard to convince me *not* to do it… and almost won. Continue reading on The Writing Cooperative »  ( 14 min )
    I Learned All about SEO for Writing So You Don’t Have to
    It’s not as complicated as you might think Continue reading on The Writing Cooperative »  ( 19 min )
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    Comment on June 2023 version: potentially finalized content by ravivakil
    In reply to Mark. Right again (now fixed) --- I don't think I had that in my to-do list for some reason. (I feel a little guilty about using the word "homology" but because my indices as "rising" (superscripts) I could/should call it "cohomology". But it sounds like people aren't getting confused, so long as I don't get things like this^^^ wrong.  ( 11 min )
    Comment on June 2023 version: potentially finalized content by Mark
    p. 53 Section 1.6.7 indices are still backwards for the definition of chain homotopy (should be C^{i+1} -> D^i).  ( 11 min )
    Comment on June 2023 version: potentially finalized content by ravivakil
    In reply to Mark. That was fast! But now fixed!  ( 11 min )
    Comment on June 2023 version: potentially finalized content by Mark
    p. 16 Section 0.2, first paragraph, last sentence, typo: "firt quarter".  ( 11 min )
    Comment on June 2023 version: potentially finalized content by ayecapitalist
    Very cool! Thanks, Ravi  ( 11 min )
    Comment on August 2022 version of the notes by ravivakil
    In reply to Johann Birnick. Thanks! I didn't even notice that I never spelled this out. I've now added an exercise as you suggested, in the version I just posted a couple of minutes ago. If that's not the right wording, of course, let me know.  ( 24 min )
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    Molecular electronics in 2023
    This past week I was fortunate to attend , the most recent in an every-few-years series that brings together a group of researchers interested in electronic transport in molecular systems.  This brings together physicists and chemists, and this was the first one I've attended since .this meetingthis one in 2015 The evolution of the field over the years has been very interesting.  Generally gone are the discussions of using actual chemically synthesized molecules as electronic devices in eventual ultrascaled computing applications.  Rather, there is a broad recognition that these systems are important testbeds for our understanding of physics that can have broad ramifications for understanding chemical processes (e.g. quantum interference in molecules leading to sharply energy dependent ele…  ( 11 min )
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    Saturday assorted links
    1. Janan Ganesh on the Americanisation of Britain (FT). 2. “You Hurt My Feelings” is a good Hansonian movie about how most people are mediocre at their jobs, and how society deals with that fact, and what happens when those protective mechanisms break down.  The starring role of Julia Louise-Dreyfus also makes for good meta-commentary […] The post Saturday assorted links appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments 3. This is a pretty good piece. Drilling to 20,000 is pretty ... by Engineer In reply to George Orwell. And why is “scraping” such a ... by Aladdin In reply to Aladdin. If you can find a way to make content ... by George Orwell In reply to Jess Riedel. Foreign students in Australia are ... by james Ukraine is the aggressor and bitcoin smokes. Come hang with us ... by Bland paranoid white guy who looks up to David Sacks Plus 10 more...  ( 6 min )
    People Hire Phone Bots to Torture Telemarketers
    Whitebeard has a bad habit of talking in circles. That is by design. Whitebeard is a digital contraption that only sounds human. He is the creation of Roger Anderson, a real-life 54-year-old in Monrovia, Calif., who employs chatbots and AI to frustrate and waste the time of telemarketers and scammers. “I’m talking about only your credit […] The post People Hire Phone Bots to Torture Telemarketers appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments In reply to Ben Shot. I get what you’re saying but my state ... by Anon In reply to Mike W. California accounts for 20% of US GDP. ... by Ben Shot In reply to Rahul. taped by Biden by Or, MR comments In reply to Andy. Rahul is Indian. But gratuitously ... by Ben Shot In reply to Susanna. Susanna appears to be the only female ... by Ben Shot Plus 10 more... Related Stories My excellent Conversation with Reid Hoffman *Nature* on AGI risk What should I ask Paul Graham?  ( 6 min )
    Canada is Poaching US Talent!
    Here is Noahpinion on Canada’s recent immigration policies and how Canada is poaching US talent! [I]n recent years, the Canadian government has begun to set hard targets for immigration, such as last year’s target of 1.5 million more by 2025. And the country is deliberately encouraging more people to come, with one of the world’s most aggressive […] The post Canada is Poaching US Talent! appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments In reply to aaron. “what evidence do you have that the ... by Blue Jay And yet 2/3 of the Waterloo graduating class moves (many whom ... by Toronnonian Yet…our productivity continues to decline at a fairly rapid ... by Mark Grant In reply to Fazal Majid. “I’d say the rioting and ... by Marian Kechlibar In reply to sxb. The graphs also shows Us population falls ... by Joan Plus 10 more... Related Stories My excellent Conversation with Reid Hoffman +1 For the Veil of Ignorance The Harried Leisure Class  ( 7 min )
    *The Monetarists*, by George S. Tavlas
    The key here is the subtitle The Making of the Chicago Monetary Tradition, 1927-1960.  Have you wondered about the oft-underrated macroeconomics of Frank Knight, Jacob Viner, Lloyd Mints, Paul Douglas, Clark Warburton, and many more?  By no means did monetarism start with Milton Friedman, and this is the new go-to book on the topic. The post *The Monetarists*, by George S. Tavlas appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments “By no means did monetarism start with Milton Friedman, and ... by Robert To what did Friedman attribute the Great Depression? The ... by rayward *The Monetarists*, ... by EMP Very valuable books. by Chimela Caesar It’s too late. She’s moved on. by Powerlessness Plus 3 more... Related Stories My Conversation with Noam Chomsky *The Ruble: A Political History* The Road to Socialism and Back: An Economic History of Poland, 1939–2019  ( 6 min )
    *The Ruble: A Political History*
    That is the new, highly useful, and thorough book by Ekaterina Pravilova, here is one excerpt: Reutern was adamant about exterminating private currencies, but not everyone in the government shared his view.  The minister of justice, Konstantin Pahlen, argued, for instance, that the right to issue private notes should be granted “to all Russian subjects.”  […] The post *The Ruble: A Political History* appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments In reply to rayward. I know, this blog post is about the ... by rayward The U.S. had its Free Banking Era, from 1837 to 1864, when ... by rayward In reply to G. Thiagos are legion at MR, with almost as many ... by As a Thiago, I resent that In reply to Ben Shot. He religiously deletes your posts, ... by G On the whole that list of requirements such as “exchange ... by mkt42 Tyler should set up an Amazon affiliate account, and append his ... by Ben Shot Related Stories The Road to Socialism and Back: An Economic History of Poland, 1939–2019 My Conversation with Noam Chomsky Game theory and the First World War  ( 7 min )
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    June 2023 version: potentially finalized content
    A new version of the notes is available here. (It, and all older versions, are available at the usual place.) For the first time, I would say that the content and editing is “potentially done”. All content is potentially polished. (Not done: beautification issues e.g. fighting with latex over line breaks. And the index is […]  ( 11 min )
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    parallelly: Querying, Killing and Cloning Parallel Workers Running Locally or Remotely
    Continue reading: parallelly: Querying, Killing and Cloning Parallel Workers Running Locally or Remotely  ( 16 min )
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    Al 11 Wes Anderson Movies Ranked From Worst To Best
    With eleven films under his belt, Wes Anderson has carved a niche of his own and developed one of the most stylistically distinct authorial stamps in world cinema. Symmetrical compositions, immaculate production design, elaborate sets, and dysfunctional families are only some of the usual hallmarks that run through his personal film catalog. Because of his […]  ( 8 min )
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    The causal revolution in econometrics has gone too far.
    Kevin Lewis points us to this recent paper, “Can invasive species lead to sedentary behavior? The time use and obesity impacts of a forest-attacking pest,” published in Elsevier’s Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, which has the following abstract: Invasive … Continue reading →  ( 23 min )
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    Antakshari recitation in India
    This is part of a long series of Language Log posts in which we pondered the phenomenal memorization skills of persons of Indian heritage (see "Selected readings" below). So you know what's happening in the following astonishing video, let me begin by giving a basic definition, etymology, and explication of what happens in this intricate […]  ( 9 min )
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    50, 100 & 150 Years Ago: July 2023
    Crater mystery explained; Bunsen’s burner
    Readers Respond to the March 2023 Issue
    Letters to the editors for the March 2023 issue of Scientific American
    Where's Waldo? How to Mathematically Prove You Found Him Without Revealing Where He Is
    Zero-knowledge proofs allow mathematicians to prove claims without explaining why they’re true
    Yes, Airline Flights Are Getting Bumpier: Here's Why
    Clear-air turbulence is becoming more frequent and more intense as the atmosphere warms
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    Weekend reads: A professor who plagiarized his students; how many postgrads in China think it’s OK to fake data; fighting fraud
    Would you consider a donation to support Weekend Reads, and our daily work? The week at Retraction Watch featured: Our list of retracted or withdrawn COVID-19 papers is up to more than 300. There are now 41,000 retractions in our database — which powers retraction alerts in EndNote, LibKey, Papers, and Zotero. The Retraction Watch Hijacked Journal Checker now contains 200 titles. And have you … Continue reading Weekend reads: A professor who plagiarized his students; how many postgrads in China think it’s OK to fake data; fighting fraud  ( 8 min )
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    How Community Makes Appalachian Cuisine Shine in Asheville
    Embark on a heartfelt culinary journey with Chef John Fleer at his restaurant Rhubarb, where Appalachian cuisine and the Asheville community come together. Rhubarb’s commitment to authenticity in every dish is reflected in its support of local initiatives, including partnering with local farmers from Gaining Ground and engaging in sustainable chicken sourcing with Old North Acres. As one of its founders and current board members, Chef John’s passion is further reflected in his work with the non-profit Equal Plates Project, which is dedicated to creating equitable access to fresh, locally-grown, nutritious meals. Watch the full story below.  ( 15 min )
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    Your Book Review: Safe Enough?
    Finalist #7 in the Book Review Contest

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    36 heures à Paris
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    Out-of-state abortions rise in Minnesota, says first post-Roe annual MDH report
    This report might have much less information next year: Much of the data reported by the state may not be collected and released publicly because the Legislature repealed parts of the state law requiring it.  ( 19 min )
    Have there been a record number of train derailments since Biden took office?
    No. Although his term is not complete, train derailments have not become more frequent since President Biden took office in January 2021.  ( 6 min )
    Here’s the scoop
    We want to say a huge thank you to the donors who increased or started their sustaining membership during this drive, and also to those who made one-time donations!  ( 6 min )
    Nowhere to call home
    According to the Center for Migration Studies of New York, “Roughly 218,000 U.S. residents are potentially stateless or at risk of statelessness.”  ( 15 min )
    Minnesota’s economy had a stronger start to the year than the U.S. as a whole
    Plus: custody over Madeline Kingsbury's children determined; Medicaid deadline extended for Minnesotans; teens up North struggle to find mental health care; and more.  ( 6 min )
    Supreme Court decides the fate of millions of student loan borrowers
    Court says the HEROES Act does not authorize the Biden Administration’s debt forgiveness plan.  ( 13 min )
    The New Deal turns 90: So does the Reichskonkordat
    It was the Catholic Centre Party that in March 1933 provided the biggest chunk of non-Nazi votes when the Reichstag passed the Enabling Act that gave Hitler unrestrained power.  ( 17 min )
    With Naz back and Prince out, what’s on tap for the 2023-24 Timberwolves?
    If KAT and Gobert again don’t mesh, their combined salaries of $94 million in 2023-24 and $101 million in 2025-26, will be a bloated inefficiency at precisely the time new contracts for Ant and McDaniels propel the franchise toward that dreaded “second apron.”  ( 26 min )
    On Minneapolis riverfront, ‘orphan hazard’ threatens St. Anthony Falls
    Little is known about the condition of an underground cutoff wall the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers completed in 1876 that is keeping St. Anthony Falls in place.  ( 33 min )
    When Target pulled back on Pride merch, these small queer-owned businesses had to manage the fallout
    For small businesses, Target collaborations represented not only a major accomplishment, but a huge financial win. But what happens when they’re removed from shelves?  ( 24 min )
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    3 Mistakes Keeping Your Fiction Out of the Winner’s Circle
    Tough love from a contest judge Continue reading on The Writing Cooperative »  ( 14 min )
    Dear Writer — Always Start With a Bang!
    Never leave the best for last Continue reading on The Writing Cooperative »  ( 11 min )
    Embarrassing Myself in Front of 300 People Made Me a Better Writer
    And I would do it again Continue reading on The Writing Cooperative »  ( 18 min )
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    Honeytree Meadery in Nashville, Tennessee
    Tennessee may be largely whiskey territory, but in recent years, a small number of local producers have been concentrating on a far more ancient elixir: mead. In 2019, Ross Welbon, a beer brewer and beekeeper, and Dru Sousan, a bartender with a long history in the local restaurant scene, opened up Nashville’s first meadery. All of the meads here come from Honeytree Meadery’s own apiary, which is spread across two locations holding more than 30 bee colonies. Each glass contains notes of the honey used to produce it—from a milder wildflower to fragrant orange blossom—while some contain custom infusions of aromatics such as fresh ginger or pineapple and sage. Welbon, ever the IPA-enthusiast, adds his own flair with a dry-hopped variation. As a bonus, the meadery has one of the best backyard patios in town, complete with a roaring fire and beeswax artworks by Randy Purcell. It’s the perfect spot to kick back with an order of tacos from Alebrije, the truck perpetually parked outside. Named for a Mexican cryptid, the business is the creation of chef Edgar Victoria, who hails from Mexico City. Victoria sources masa from small-scale producers for his tlayudas, huaraches, and tortillas. Check their Instagram to keep an eye out for specials, like tamales made with blue conico corn masa.  ( 13 min )
    How to Trace Food History With Ancient Leftovers
    Katherine Moore spends her days surrounded by bones. On the lower floor of the Penn Museum, down an elevator beside the café and through two locked doors, her lab’s shelves are stacked with the skeletal remains of everything from llamas and cattle to pigs, fish, and guinea pigs. This isn’t just any cabinet of curiosities: It’s the Center for the Analysis of Archaeological Materials (CAAM), and its osteological library is a key tool in Moore’s mission to unpack our historical eating habits. “Look at that rough break,” she says, holding up a cow’s tibia from the 18th century. “That shows that this animal has been butchered and prepared for meat in a very informal, non-market-based way.” She notes that bones from later centuries often sport cleaner cuts, showing that the meat was sawn car…  ( 21 min )
    Tailor in Nashville, Tennessee
    Every week, Thursday through Sunday, Vivek Surti throws the best dinner party in Nashville. There’s a comfortable rhythm to the evening: guests stagger in roughly an hour before service to sip bourbon-spiked Fruit Tea Punch in a chandelier- and velvet-bedecked parlor.  Gradually, everyone takes their seats in the main dining room, where Surti holds court over an open kitchen. Over the next couple of hours, a procession of eight to 10 dishes emerge, each accompanied by a short introductory story by Surti. As guests nibble on, say, a dish of chevdo, a chaat-like snack mixture with peanuts and roasted chickpeas, he’ll explain how his mother used to pack bags of the stuff for family road trips.  “I really started it off for friends—the goal was never to make it into a restaurant,” Surti sa…  ( 14 min )
    Santa's Pub in Nashville, Tennessee
    Situated a safe distance from the freewheeling mania of Broadway, Nashville’s honky tonk ground zero, Santa’s Pub is blissfully free from bachelorettes and bullshit. The owner, nicknamed “Santa” for his Kris Kringle-worthy beard, is something of an icon around these parts.  Gussied up with Christmas lights, North Pole-centric paraphernalia, and a decade’s worth of Sharpie bathroom stall graffiti, this converted double-wide trailer is a dive bar stripped down to its essence. Don’t even think about asking for a cocktail—the bartenders stick to dirt-cheap beers, which suits everyone just fine. You’re not here for fussy drinks; you’re here for the vibes.  Santa’s Pub is the type of watering hole where just about everyone is a regular—and those that aren’t will feel like it after an hour or two. The crowd is a mix of crusty old-timers, twentysomethings downing PBRs, and warmly welcomed travelers.  On any given night, half the room is probably in a band—a fact that comes in handy when it’s karaoke time. Expect to hear some killer country music covers, all without paying a cover charge. If you plan on taking your turn at the mic, know that Santa takes the stage rules seriously: “No Beer, No Cussin', and No Cigarettes on Santa's stage!” Sing a song that’s too vulgar and expect to be booted off.  ( 13 min )
    Bolton's Spicy Chicken & Fish in Nashville, Tennessee
    Perched at what feels like the gateway to East Nashville, this diminutive house of pain provides hot chicken–seekers with a spice challenge they won't soon forget. The interior is simple, with nostalgic flare and additional seating out back. The menu is equally spartan, sticking to a succinct list of bone-in poultry parts, along with both catfish and whiting filets, all flawlessly seasoned and fried to an audible crunch.  While Nashville has no shortage of restaurants serving excellent renditions of its famous chicken, Bolton's has a particularly storied legacy. Bolton Matthews, who co-founded the restaurant with his wife Dolly in 1997, was the nephew of hot chicken legend Bolton Polk, who worked his way up through the kitchens at Prince's Hot Chicken Shack. Before he passed away, Polk left his secret recipe to Matthews. In an oral history interview with Southern Foodways Alliance, Dolly said of customers demanding their chicken, “They were banging on the door... Says it gives them a rush. They can breathe better. They can function better at work because they’re more alert.”  It’s easy to see how one bite will wake you up. A word to the wise: imagine spice levels here running large. As in, mild is really medium—so on and so forth. Don't try to be a hero when you order or you'll end up crying in front of every diner in the restaurant.  ( 13 min )
    St. Thomas Cathedral in Mumbai, India
    The first Anglican church in (then) Bombay, the St Thomas Cathedral is the historic center of Mumbai. While it was built in December 1718, it was finally consecrated as a cathedral only in 1837. The St Thomas Cathedral is recognized as the "Zero Point" of the city of Bombay, as distances along all major roads were measured from here. Of the original 16 markers, 11 are still found in their original location (though broken or dilapidated), and the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) restored all 16 in 2022. One of the city's major railways and the headquarters of the Western Railways of India, the Churchgate railway station was named after the old gate, which directly led to the St Thomas Cathedral. Demolished in 1860, the gate was one of three that fortified the city of Bombay. It wasn't until a decade later in 1870 that Churchgate was declared a station. The church is dotted with epitaphs for martyred soldiers and a prominent memorial for the first Bishop of Bombay, the Right Reverend Thomas Carr, and is populated with multiple stained glass windows designed by Victorian artists from England.  ( 13 min )
    Ulaanbaatar City Museum in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
    Next to Ulaanbaatar’s prominent Wrestling Palace are two small aquamarine-colored buildings. These are both over a hundred years old and are two of the city’s oldest remaining buildings. One is a Korean restaurant and the other is the Ulaanbaatar City Museum.  This small but charming museum showcases Ulaanbaatar’s history from a nomadic encampment to a modern metropolis. Previously known as Urga and Ikh Khuree, the communist-led government gave the name Ulaanbaatar, or “red hero,” to honor Mongolian revolutionary leader Sukhbaatar.  Exhibits include historic maps, paintings, artwork, and photos depicting Ulaanbaatar’s history from the past to the present. There are even Lego replicas of city landmarks. Toward the exit is a life-sized cardboard cutout of Öndör Gongor, the famous two-meter-tall giant.  ( 12 min )
    What Are the World’s Roundest and Most Rectangular Countries?
    Take look at a map of Turkey and you’ll have to agree: It’s a curiously box-shaped country. "Why?" is the wrong question. Like most international borders, Turkey’s are the result of geopolitical accident, not of aesthetic or geometric design. A more pertinent query: How rectangular is Turkey? Is it, perhaps, the most rectangular country in the world? To answer that question, you’d have to find a dataset that minutely describes the borders of all countries on Earth and devise an algorithm that compares each country’s shape to an optimum rectangle with the same area. That’s exactly what Australian geo-statistician David Barry did. His conclusion: Turkey is only the 15th most rectangular country in the world. The winner: Egypt. Inevitably, one esoteric geographical question led to its…  ( 19 min )
    6 Stories of Aliens and the Unexplained That Are Just Out of This World
    There's as little agreement about World UFO Day as there is about the alien lifeforms that may (or may not) pilot them. Some look to the stars on June 24, the day in 1947 when a pilot claimed to see "flying saucers" over Mount Rainier, while others await first contact on July 2, the day that same year when something crashed in the New Mexico desert near Roswell. But for those who believe the truth is out there, the goal is the same: to raise awareness that humans may not be alone in the universe. To mark World UFO Day 2023, we explored the Atlas Obscura archive for stories of science, mystery, and why we are obsessed with the unexplained. Victorians Wanted to Contact Aliens Using Giant Mirrors by Sarah Laskow German mathematician Carl Friedrich Gauss was one of many 19th-century scie…  ( 18 min )
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    Fantasy, Faith and Physics
    No blogging here the past few weeks, partly because I was away on vacation for a little while, but more because there hasn’t been anything I’ve seen worth writing about. Yesterday’s pulsar timing array and IceCube announcements unfortunately didn’t tell … Continue reading →  ( 9 min )
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    The spiny terminological conundrum of ekhidna and ekhinos
    [This is a guest post by Stewart Nicol] Greek particles I am a zoologist and comparative physiologist who has worked extensively on the monotremes, the platypus and the echidna. I have been putting together some notes on the naming of the these animals. After originally being placed in the genus Myrmecophaga with the other, totally unrelated, […]  ( 8 min )
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    Privacy-invading horse nationalism (ask and ye shall receive)
    The census will request information on each horse’s equine identification document (passport) number, microchip number, age, current residence, second career, and more to provide a robust view of the 2023 British retired racehorse population. The six-month census has been launched in partnership with Retraining of Racehorses (RoR), British Racing’s official aftercare charity, funded by the […] The post Privacy-invading horse nationalism (ask and ye shall receive) appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments In reply to Ben Shot. I'm searching for this commercial ... by the king of texas In reply to ged. Walk into FRance and leave it a smoking dump ... by ged In reply to ged. What have you learned besides victimhood? Do ... by ged sorry 4 b n so crass, but risk your life leaving a shthole to ... by ged In reply to the king of texas. AI blab by ged Plus 10 more... Related Stories GRE scores by university major Long-term relatedness and income distribution Vaccination sentences to ponder  ( 6 min )
    Friday assorted links
    1. The history of Japanese stock prices. 2. The new NEOM exhibit. 3. Who are the top 15 liberal economists of France, 1695–1776? 4. New Netflix trailer, “They Cloned Tyrone.” 5. Young people are leaving big U.S. cities. 6. The accelerationists were always going to win. 7. Coleman Hughes piece.  Note #9  And Kevin Bryan.  […] The post Friday assorted links appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments In reply to Drunkin On A Sinday. Indeed many people ... by Eugene In reply to dan1111. I hope it comes out in 20 years that ... by Etalon d’Silomar In reply to Justin Chang. More and more, I think the American ... by Harun In reply to Justin Chang. It's not necessarily racist. It is ... by Wondering In reply to RAD. Been using it with Whatsapp and having a ... by I like PI Plus 10 more...  ( 6 min )
    Update Schedule A!
    Since 1965, the U.S. has maintained a list, known as Schedule A, of occupations experiencing shortages. Employers recruiting foreign workers in these occupations are eligible to receive streamlined authorization from the federal government….because the federal government already recognizes that workers in Schedule A occupations are in short supply, employers do not need to prove it […] The post Update Schedule A! appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments Or we could give green cards to anyone in Taiwan who wants to ... by 999 In reply to Formerly K. > status quo bias Lol. It’s ... by Oldcurmudgeon In reply to Hazel Meade. Or, it could be that the number of ... by Hazel Meade In reply to OldCurmudgeon. “a just society would use some ... by Formerly K In reply to OldCurmudgeon. >deontological approach to social ... by OldCurmudgeon Plus 10 more... Related Stories My excellent Conversation with Reid Hoffman +1 For the Veil of Ignorance The Harried Leisure Class  ( 7 min )
    GRE scores by university major
    Which university major is the smartest? A study of composite GRE scores by PhD program subject found that physicists were the smartest, followed by engineers and mathematicians. pic.twitter.com/pgtsmAPlfS — Joseph Bronski (@BronskiJoseph) June 29, 2023 Via Diana S. Fleischman.  If you click and read the entire tweet, you can see who comes in at the […] The post GRE scores by university major appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments In reply to Scott. hilarious, yeah, I noticed that. My guess ... by blue jay In reply to educationrealist. I taught in programs several ... by blue jay In reply to Ben Shot. If you keep being this literal, then ... by Keith In reply to OldCurmudgeon. Teachers can get a master's in any ... by educationrealist In reply to Keith. I'm not an AI. Give me a number, I'll ... by Ben Shot Plus 10 more... Related Stories My excellent Conversation with Reid Hoffman Long-term relatedness and income distribution Vaccination sentences to ponder  ( 6 min )
    Should the NIH allow AI for peer review?
    Of course, as a partial aid.  Instead we get this, as outlined to me by correspondent Raghuveer Parthasarathy: On the same day of your post on a Nature editorial on AI the NIH blogged about its new policy statement, “The Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence Technologies is Prohibited for the NIH Peer Review Process“; its blog post […] The post Should the NIH allow AI for peer review? appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments In reply to Raghuveer Parthasarathy. it's probably not worth ... by RAD There *is* a confidentiality issue, unless the LLM system ... by Worley In reply to RAD. I think, then, that we fundamentally ... by Raghuveer Parthasarathy In reply to Raghuveer Parthasarathy. Your comment, like most ... by RAD In reply to Raghuveer Parthasarathy. They focused upon these ... by Reason Plus 10 more...  ( 7 min )
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    Educating national security leaders on artificial intelligence
    Experts from MIT’s School of Engineering, Schwarzman College of Computing, and Sloan Executive Education educate national security leaders in AI fundamentals.  ( 9 min )
    Researchers teach an AI to write better chart captions
    A new dataset can help scientists develop automatic systems that generate richer, more descriptive captions for online charts.  ( 10 min )
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    Defining decisions in studies of visualization and human centered AI
    This is Jessica. A few years ago, Dimara and Stasko published a paper pointing to the lack of decision tasks in evaluation of visualization research, where it’s common to talk about decision-making, but then to ask simpler perceptual style questions … Continue reading →  ( 19 min )
    Incompetent officeholders, retractions of published papers, and norms
    Reading this story of Dianne Feinstein’s apparent dementia reminds me of when she was first running for the Senate, a few decades ago, and advertised herself as the only Democrat favoring both abortion and the death penalty. I understand the … Continue reading →  ( 17 min )
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    Another Window on Gravitational Waves
    If you follow astronomers on twitter, you may have heard some rumblings. For the last week or so, a few big collaborations have been hyping up an announcement of “something big”. Those who knew who those collaborations were could guess the topic. Everyone else found out on Wednesday, when the alphabet soup of NANOGrav, EPTA, […]  ( 11 min )
    Adjoint Brascamp-Lieb inequalities
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    Lab-Grown Meat Approved for Sale: What You Need to Know
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    Climate Law Will Slash Emissions--Maybe Halving Them by 2035
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    Here's How CDC Can Put the 'Public' Back in Public Health
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    We Need to Better Regulate Nutraceuticals
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    Earth's Aphelion Isn't the Reason for the Seasons
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    Can Your Body's Response to Music Predict Hit Songs? A New AI Study Claims It Can
    A new study suggests AI can analyze cardiac activity to predict whether a song will be a hit before it’s released. But some hit song scientists are skeptical
    Europe's Euclid Space Telescope Is Launching a New Era in Studies of the 'Dark Universe'
    The Euclid mission will probe dark energy and dark matter like never before, setting the stage for an international, multiobservatory push to solve some of the universe’s deepest mysteries
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    I am so excited to announce that I have a new book (in collaboration with Packt) that has just been launched, written with my co-author, the wonderful Matt Jackson. This books takes you from a nascent understanding of graph data science methods to a more confident user, all in under 250 ... Continue reading: Graph Data Modeling with Python  ( 10 min )
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    BMJ journal retracts e-cigarette paper after authors disclose tobacco industry funding late in the process
    BMJ Open has retracted a paper describing a study in which people with diabetes will be switched from cigarettes to vaping after the journal learned – late in the process of publication – that the authors were indirectly funded by the tobacco company, Philip Morris International. The paper, “International randomised controlled trial evaluating metabolic syndrome … Continue reading BMJ journal retracts e-cigarette paper after authors disclose tobacco industry funding late in the process  ( 8 min )
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    Adjoint Brascamp-Lieb inequalities
    Jon Bennett and I have just uploaded to the arXiv our paper “Adjoint Brascamp-Lieb inequalities“. In this paper, we observe that the family of multilinear inequalities known as the Brascamp-Lieb inequalities (or Holder-Brascamp-Lieb inequalities) admit an adjoint formulation, and explore the theory of these adjoint inequalities and some of their consequences. To motivate matters let […]  ( 15 min )
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    short trip to a theocracy
    Besides attending a workshop on my research themes and meeting researchers from that field, a supplementary incentive for attending Stochastic Numerics and Statistical Learning was to catch a glimpse of Saudi Arabia and its idiosyncrasies.  While this is far from my first time visiting a Muslim theocracy, remembering a most enlightening (if penniless) backpacking trip […]  ( 7 min )
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    How Do CPAP Machines Treat Sleep Apnea?
    President Joe Biden has been using a CPAP machine to treat his sleep apnea, according to White House officials. What does that mean?
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    STEM professionals must stand against the white supremacy and scientific racism that fuels arguments against affirmative action
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    Cat Noses Contain Twisted Labyrinths That Help Them Separate Smells
    Scientists hypothesize that coiled channels inside a cat’s nose may function like a gas chromatograph
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    The disk of our galaxy was long thought to produce these ghostly high-energy particles, but they haven’t been detected until now
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    Gantouw Pass Wagon Trail in Sir Lowry's Pass, South Africa
    The Wagon Pass has a rich history that dates back centuries, serving as a vital connection between regions and bearing witness to the struggles and perseverance of early travelers. Originally, the path was used by migratory elands, elephants, and the indigenous Khoi people, who called it T'kanna Ouwe or Gantouw. The English explorer, author, and artist Thomas Baines first traveled to South Africa in the 1840s. In one of his later accounts of traveling through the country, he described this pass. "At the first part of it, the road is not very steep," he wrote, "but as soon as the traveller enters the hollow way of the Roode Hoogte (the Red Heights) the difficulty of the ascent begins." He described the "barren, reddish, clayey, ferruginous earth" and the rocky mountain." Despite the diff…  ( 14 min )
    Hotel Monte Santo in Huntsville, Alabama
    Monte Sano (Spanish for “Mountain of Health”), is a tranquil mountain overlooking Huntsville, Alabama. In the late 1800s, the North Alabama Improvement Company built a 233-room health spa and hotel on the mountain. Not long after its opening, the Monte Sano Hotel became one of the top spas in the nation with registered guests including some famous names like the Vanderbilt family, William Waldorf Astor, Helen Keller, and Jay Gould. While operating it was known as the epitome of class and extravagance in Huntsville. It closed in 1900 but reopened in 1917 before closing once again and being torn down for salvage in 1944. All that remains of the hotel is the brick chimney with little to show of the extravagance of its heyday.  ( 12 min )
    Edessa Restaurant in Nashville, Tennessee
    Driving down Nashville’s Nolensville Pike often feels like the equivalent of a global culinary smorgasbord. From Degthai, which serves fiery tom yum noodles that would feel right at home in Bangkok, to killer tamales, sopes, and more at Tacos Y Mariscos El Amigo, the options verge on overwhelming. One fan favorite that never fails is Edessa’s, which packs in regulars nightly despite its strip mall parking lot digs, thanks to ample portions of Kurdish and Turkish dishes. Co-owner Mesut Kelik is just one of more than 15,000 expats who make up Nashville’s Kurdish diaspora community—one of the largest in the world. For centuries, the Kurds have existed across the borders of multiple nations, a cultural and geographic diversity reflected in their cuisine. Edessa is named in honor of an ancient Mesopotamian city in what is now Turkey, where Armenian, Arab, Kurdish, and Turkish peoples all coexisted.  Everything on the expansive menu here is made and presented with care, from the clay pot kebab, a sumptuously seasoned lamb stew poured tableside from an earthen vessel, to the su boregi, a many-layered appetizer of generously buttered, whisper-thin dough oozing molten cheese. The spoon-tender lamb shank is a particular highlight.  ( 13 min )
    The Horn in Nashville, Tennessee
    Notes of green cardamom, cinnamon, and cloves hit your palate first, balanced by a restrained sweetness. Made with impeccably steeped black leaf tea, The Horn's chai is to the sugary chai mix served at many American cafes what a Milanese master barista's espresso pull is to the free, stale drip coffee you might find in an office. And while we can't fully condone the playful sign on the wall declaring this, “The only Chai that matters in Nashville,” it is a cut above. The Horn has offered Nashville’s thriving community of more than 3,000 Somali refugees a taste of home since 2014, when Hassan Rasul opened the café with his sons, Ahmed and Zakariya. Each morning, the Rasuls lay out an assortment of sweet and savory treats, including malawah (lacy crepes), nafaqo (crispy mashed potato patties stuffed with egg), and mandazi (fried puff pastry). The real stars here are the sambusas, the Somali cousins of samosas, which come fried to a pillowy crunch. You can't go wrong with the expertly seasoned traditional beef or veggie fillings. That said, the Rasuls also offer a rotating selection of Deep Southern riffs, including a Nashville hot chicken–inspired number and a “Smokin’ BBQ Chicken.” Most unexpectedly delightful of all might be the “Cheesy Breakfast” option, which tucks an egg-and-cheese into a flaky triangular pocket.  ( 13 min )
    Dino's in Nashville, Tennessee
    The watchful eyes of Dolly Parton preside over the disco ball-bedecked interior of East Nashville’s oldest dive bar. Her face, drawn, collaged, and printed in Mattel-pink is everywhere between the graffiti-plastered walls and under the strings of Christmas tree lights. One especially large cardboard cutout, a gift from local artist Brett Douglas Hunter, has been repeatedly stolen and returned with great drama to the bar. Dino’s, which has been serving cheap beers and bourbons until the hazy late-late hours of the night since the 1970s, feels like a timewarp, even if it’s had a few subtle, behind-the scenes touch-ups over years.  In 2015, Nashville restaurant duo Miranda Whitcomb Pontes and Alex Wendkos stepped in to run the joint. Luckily, the pair knew what made Dino’s so special in the first place and chose not to mess with it too much. The vibes remain impeccable and the cheeseburger is as good as when Anthony Bourdain dug it. Order yours “Animal Style,” with plenty of mustard, pickles, sauce, and onions, plus a fried egg or bacon, if you’re feeling it. Don’t skip the fries. Like any great dive, Dino’s hits best long after its competition calls it a night. Come hang with other East Nashville industry types getting off their shifts until 3 a.m. seven nights a week. Or if you prefer to drink under the harsh light of day, stop by Dolly’s Lemonade Stand, a giant lemon crowned by a sculptural rendition of the country diva, that serves as a satellite bar Thursday through Saturday. In 2022, not long after her namesake lemonade stand opened, Parton herself swung by. She left a signed photograph that says, “Dino’s, I will always love you. Love, Dolly.”  ( 13 min )
    Birthplace of Horace Mann in Franklin, Massachusetts
    On East Central Street along Massachusetts Route 140 in Franklin, there is a historical marker that is easy to miss. Nestled among several small bushes and under a tree, lies a stone marker dedicated to the "Father of American Education," Horace Mann. Mann was born on May 4, 1796, in Franklin, Massachusetts, to a relatively poor farming family. As a teenager, he usually received no more than six weeks of schooling per year. However, he made extensive use of the Franklin Public Library, the oldest in the nation, and enrolled in Brown University graduating in three years in 1819 as a valedictorian. He practiced and studied law in the area and was elected to the Massachusetts Legislature in 1827. He was elected to the Massachusetts State Senate in 1835 and spent considerable effort focusing…  ( 13 min )
    Crescent Mill in Hiko, Nevada
    Crescent Mill was probably the earliest mining infrastructure built in this part of Nevada, in the late 1860s. It was possibly located here due to water availability from Crescent Spring, and this spring still fills a water tank at the site. The mill was intended to process ore from local silver strikes, but it initially shut down in 1867 after only 10 days of operation. With new financial backing, it re-opened and ran from 1869 to 1871, with some desultory activity thereafter, but as was so often the case the grade and volume of ore was inadequate to repay the investment. The most prominent remnant is the chimney for the smelter, but there are fragments of other ruins in the vicinity. The area now lies at the extreme southwestern corner of Basin and Range National Monument. Please take only pictures and leave only footprints.  ( 14 min )
    Pohang Space Walk in Pohang, South Korea
    The steel tracks peeking above the trees in Pohang's Hwanho Park are reminiscent of a typical seaside amusement park. But if you look closely, you will see people, not roller coaster cars, traversing the tracks in this park. In fact, Pohang's Space Walk was designed to be enjoyed on foot. Korea's largest walkable art installation began development in 2019 by Pohang's city government in partnership with two German artists, Heiki Mutter and Ulrich Genth. Visitors brave enough to traverse the 717 steps will be treated to spectacular views of Youngil Bay and Youngildae Beach. But Pohang's seaside location is not the only feature that makes it the perfect home for the Space Walk. POSCO, Korea's largest steel manufacturer, is headquartered in Pohang, where the 317 tons of steel used in this art piece were produced. The Space Walk is expected to become a permanent feature of Pohang's skyline as a special nod to the impressive steel manufacturing that takes place in the city.  ( 13 min )
    Sach’s Bridge in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
    This historic covered bridge built in 1852, was used by both Union and Confederate troops during the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863. Union Forces crossed on July 1st and Confederate Troops fled the battle on July 4th. Designated as Pennsylvania’s “most historic bridge” in 1938, it is also registered on the National Register of Historic Places. Built by David Stoner for $1,544, this 100-foot long and 15-foot wide bridge crosses over Marsh Creek and is a beautiful place for a walk and picnic (and it may even be haunted).  ( 12 min )
    National Blue Army Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima in Warren County, New Jersey
    The National Blue Army Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima is nestled away on 150 acres of scenic farmland in New Jersey. It was built in 1978 and is dedicated to the message of Fatima, reportedly delivered directly from the Mother of God to three Portuguese children in 1917. The Blue Army was founded in 1946 by Harold Colgan, a parish priest of St Mary in Plainfield, New Jersey. Colgan had fallen critically ill and was hospitalized. In the hospital, he prayed to Our Lady of Fatima that if she cured him, he would spend the rest of his life spreading devotion to her. Colgan recovered and began preaching about the Virgin Mary shortly after. Towering 130 feet above the shrine is a bronze statue of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, with the roof representing her mantle flowing over and protecting her children. Sister Lucia de Jesus dos Santos, the last survivor of the original three children that the vision of Our Lady of Fatima was brought in as a consultant on the shrine. There are many bronze statues dotting the grounds. Including an exact replica of the Chapel of Apparitions at Fatima, one of few such replicas in the world. There is plenty of parking and please be respectful of the grounds.  ( 13 min )
    Potter County Moon Tree in Coudersport, Pennsylvania
    This is a sycamore tree grown from a seed that traveled to the Moon aboard Apollo 14 on January 31, 1971. The sycamore (Platanus occidentalis) planted at Coudersport Area Recreational Park in the late 1970s and has grown to a height of over 40 feet.  There’s a plaque commemorating the tree, which is one of many "moon trees" that were planted across the country after the seeds were carried on Apollo 14.  ( 12 min )
    Bennington Centre Cemetery in Bennington, Vermont
    One of the oldest burial grounds in the state of Vermont is the Bennington Centre Cemetery. The attached Old First Church was established in 1762. That same year, the first headstone was placed.  Today, the Bennington Centre Cemetery Association maintains the grounds. Signs have been placed to identify not only notable people buried in the cemetery but also to showcase the work of the stone carvers. Most famous among the headstones is the grave of author Robert Frost.  Revolutionary War Soldiers who fought and died at the Battle of Bennington in August 1777 are also buried in the cemetery. There is a total of 75 soldiers buried on the grounds. Carver Zerubbabel Collins is responsible for about 40 of the headstones on the grounds, and several are attributed to his apprentice Benjamin Dyer.  ( 12 min )
    Podcast: No Taste Like Home
    Listen and subscribe on Stitcher, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all major podcast apps. In this episode of The Atlas Obscura Podcast, host Dylan Thuras takes us on a journey into the world of foraging with Alan Muscat, a foraging educator based in Asheville, North Carolina. Muscat, the CEO of "No Taste Like Home," leads foraging tours where participants can discover the abundant wild foods growing in the forests surrounding Asheville. Asheville is not only a haven for foragers but also a destination with countless food adventures and culinary tours, including farm tours, guided food tours, a cheese trail, coffee tours, and picnics. Visit ExploreAsheville.com to plan and discover the incredible food experiences waiting for you. Listen now and learn about North Carolina's incredible biodiversity and explore the surprising and delicious flavors of foraged ingredients found in nature's grocery store.  ( 15 min )
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    Was Minnesota’s Northwest Angle formed due to a 1783 survey error?
    Yes. Minnesota’s Northwest Angle is separated by water from the rest of the state, but a surveying error led to it becoming part of Minnesota rather than Canada, according to research compiled by the Minnesota Historical Society.  ( 9 min )
    D.C. Memo: SCOTUS college admission ruling roils Minnesota schools
    Plus: McCollum takes on GOP over defense bill.  ( 19 min )
    Minnesota schools still struggling financially despite historic funding from Legislature
    Plus: Minnesota towns navigate marijuana legalization; Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness fully open; Wild select native Minnesotan in draft; and more.  ( 6 min )
    Through her own recovery, Bush Fellowship recipient saw a need for addiction resources in Minnesota’s East African community
    When she began her own journey of recovery from substance abuse disorder in 2009, Farhia Budul saw a need for culturally specific services. Her organization — the first of its kind in the U.S. — provides addiction recovery and awareness services to Minnesota's East African community.  ( 30 min )
    ‘Think hard’ about Met Council’s ability to oversee any future light rail construction, says auditor
    Legislative Auditor Judy Randall's comments came amid a series of special audits directed by the Legislature to dig into the Southwest Light Rail Transit project.  ( 24 min )
    Before I fire up the grill
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    Weekend Picks: Jersey Boys, indie folk music and Taste of Minnesota returns
    Plus: New Latin American exhibit at Mia; The Head and the Heart performs in Waite Park; local artists and best friends open new exhibit; and more.  ( 16 min )
    The looming loss of Medicaid coverage for more than 500,000 Minnesota children is a crisis situation
    Approximately 42% of Minnesotan children risk losing health care coverage unless their families submit Medicaid renewal paperwork amidst access barriers.  ( 11 min )
    New ordinance bans smoking, vaping in all St. Cloud parks
    Plus: Stone Arch Bridge to temporarily close after last year's "chaos"; Taylor Swift fans broke records with lodging; Duluth volunteer pastor arrested; and more.  ( 8 min )
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    Two Years Before the Mast, by Richard Henry Dana Jr.
    A Harvard student embarks on a two-year voyage as a sailor aboard a merchant ship, exposing the harsh conditions of life at sea in the 19th century.  ( 3 min )
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    My Advice For New Writers: Write Nonfiction Like Fiction
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    What Do Different Points of View in Writing Teach Us about Life
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    The trailblazing screenwriter/director breaks down the bumpy road from helming a slasher film to creating her hit medical series for Fox Continue reading on The Writing Cooperative »  ( 27 min )
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    Reparations, Reaction, and Realpolitik
    Preface, June 29, 2023: Today the Supreme Court banned race-conscious affirmative action in college admissions. Unlike others cases that this court has decided, notably Dobbs, this decision accords with American public opinion. Odd, then, that in such a climate activists are accelerating the push for racial reparations. Odd and counterproductive for their–for our–cause. About two […]  ( 17 min )
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    SLAVOJ ŽIŽEK takes a step toward us
    To escape our predicament, we cannot just cling to multi-party liberal democracy. Rather, we must find new ways of building social consensus and establishing active links between political parties and civil society. The immediate task is to oppose the new left-right populists, and that may require aligning with exponents of capitalist liberal democracy – just […] The post SLAVOJ ŽIŽEK takes a step toward us appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments In reply to Anon. He philosophizes for it, but also at, on, ... by Ben Shot 6 trillion dollars. Every. Single. Year. You will never end ... by notRover In reply to Agreed. You are just saying that because of ... by Cancelled for wongthink In reply to Cancelled for wongthink. Labor theory of value ... by Dismalist In reply to DeQuan. Paying is different than charming. by Wondering Plus 10 more... Related Stories My excellent Conversation with Reid Hoffman +1 For the Veil of Ignorance *All Desire is a Desire for Being*  ( 6 min )
    Tiny markets in everything
    A minuscule handbag measuring just 657 by 222 by 700 microns (or less than 0.03 inches wide) sold for over $63,000 at an online auction Wednesday. Barely visible to the human eye, the fluorescent yellowish-green bag is based on a popular Louis Vuitton design — though it is the work of a New York art […] The post Tiny markets in everything appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments good thing no one sneezed while they were taking that pic by blue jay “Some people have more money than sense.” by byomtov This is approximately as practical as the Gucci bags on which ... by Formerly K This reminds me very much of the Third Policeman where one of ... by Russell In reply to Dinwar. If you consider $1K – $3K de minimis I ... by De minimis Plus 10 more...  ( 6 min )
    Thursday assorted links
    1. Education vs. cohort control. 2. Economics of generic medicines. 3. Cecilia Rouse is the new president of Brookings. 4. Oregon school performance is cratering. 5. The oldest known customer complaint? 6. How much does IQ explain why liberals are overrepresented in sociology? 7. Not my view, sad! I would opt for Aztec UFOs, with […] The post Thursday assorted links appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments In reply to TMC. The obvious answer is that sociology isn't ... by I read it this way, too! In reply to gjk. “Yes, I'm assuming without proof for the ... by Cosmic Bob #6. A “vocabulary ” test?!? Pretty sure their psychologist ... by james What's more likely, visitation by an alien species, or an ... by UFO 👽 In reply to peri. Excellent point and sadly all too true. ... by Wanda Tinasky Plus 10 more...  ( 6 min )
    Korean markets in everything
    One restaurant in Seoul rose to notoriety after “politely declining” people over 49 (on the basis men of that age might harass female staff), while in 2021, a camping ground in Jeju sparked heated debate with a notice saying it did not accept reservations from people aged 40 or above. Citing a desire to keep […] The post Korean markets in everything appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments In reply to M. The individual’s terms. Society agreed ... by mel In reply to mel. “On our own terms” Own = the ... by M In reply to peri. Well, that depends if you think you are ... by peri In reply to peri. I suspect that the manners timeline would ... by Hazel Meade In reply to peri. Relatedly, I wonder if some of us who might ... by peri Plus 10 more... Related Stories The Harried Leisure Class Is American Culture Becoming More Pro-Business? High Fructose Corn Syrup and the Sugar Quota  ( 6 min )
    My excellent Conversation with Reid Hoffman
    Here is the audio, video, and transcript.  Here is the episode summary: In his second appearance, Reid Hoffman joined Tyler to talk everything AI: the optimal liability regime for LLMs, whether there’ll be autonomous money-making bots, which agency should regulate AI, how AI will affect the media ecosystem and the communication of ideas, what percentage […] The post My excellent Conversation with Reid Hoffman appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments Peirce's views on the reality of possibility, and meaning as ... by Casey In reply to zztop. Reid, not Reed. by zztop Newflash: Inflection AI $1.3 billion haul! Congrats Reed and co. by zztop In reply to Wondering. The fact is he was on the island and ... by Ron Barlin In reply to Ron Barlin. You have no facts. There are many ... by Wondering Plus 10 more... Related Stories My Conversation with Noam Chomsky +1 For the Veil of Ignorance Does Britain Have High or Low State Capacity?  ( 7 min )
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    How to Roast Spaghetti Squash
    Perfectly roasted spaghetti squash is crisp-tender with a neutral flavor that is great simply as is or tossed with your favorite sauce. The secret to success is in our unusual cutting method.  ( 17 min )
    Prime Day Is Almost Here—This Is What Serious Eats Staffers Will Be Buying
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    The AI threat: keep calm and carry on
    Three weekends ago, I delivered a keynote here: New Directions in Chinese Language Education in the 21st Century The Eighth International Conference on Teaching Chinese as a Second Language Swarthmore College, June 9-10, 2023 ———– Abbreviations:     AI — Artificial Intelligence     DT — Digital Technology     IT — Information Technology     DH — Digital […]  ( 10 min )
    Cooperative creation with Generative AI
    A couple of weeks ago, John Hansen tried "an experiment to see if I could successfully combine random and seemingly unconnected topics into one poem", and reported the results on Medium. This experiment was quickly reproduced by Adrian CDTPPW, Block Wife, and Robert G. Longpré. The structure was Choose three random words (No AI involved […]  ( 8 min )
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    Book Review: The ‘Father of Gynecology’ and His Enslaved Patient
    J.C. Hallman’s “Say Anarcha” is a deeply researched but ultimately flawed revisionist biography of J. Marion Sims, a celebrated surgeon who operated without anesthesia on young enslaved Black women and teenagers. The “speculative nonfiction” is best understood alongside other major works.  ( 15 min )
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    The Big Banks Aren’t Stressed
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    Science paper marked with expression of concern after readers pointed out data issue
    A paper published in Science two years ago has been flagged with an expression of concern while the editors give the authors a chance to correct a data issue identified by two different readers.  “Light-induced mobile factors from shoots regulate rhizobium-triggered soybean root nodulation,” was published in September 2021 and has been cited 43 times, … Continue reading Science paper marked with expression of concern after readers pointed out data issue  ( 7 min )
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    The 10 Most Underrated Movies From Steven Spielberg
    In more ways than none, Steven Spielberg is synonymous with the art of film directing. Not only is his commercial success unparalleled, but he is also responsible for some of the most iconic films, characters, images, and thematic ideas of Hollywood history. In essence, Spielberg is the ideal filmmaker, equally populous and crowd-pleasing as he […]  ( 10 min )
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    If the Nobel Prize winners and the bigshots at the National Cancer Institute are doing hype on the daily, then it makes sense that the loser wannabe bigshots at the Cleveland Clinic and the Scripps Translational Science Institute will imitate that behavior.
    In a 2018 opinion piece, “Why was Theranos so believable? Medicine needs to look in the mirror,” Michael Joyner wrote: I [Joyner] watched the recent “60 Minutes” report on the rise and fall of Theranos, the test-everything-with-a-fingerstick company that recently … Continue reading →  ( 23 min )
    Workflow for robust and efficient projection predictive inference
    Yann McLatchie, Sölvi Rögnvaldsson, Frank Weber, and I (Aki) write in a new preprint “Robust and efficient projection predictive inference” The concepts of Bayesian prediction, model comparison, and model selection have developed significantly over the last decade. As a result, … Continue reading →  ( 11 min )
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    Rattle and Hum
    A lot of us have been waiting for a long time to hear this news! The NANOGrav collaboration has announced strong evidence of a background of low frequency gravitational waves emitted from supermassive black hole mergers. Their detection methods are pulsar timing arrays (still one of those fantastically simple, cool … Click to continue reading this post → The post appeared first on .Rattle and HumAsymptotia  ( 7 min )
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    Lessons Learned From Running R in Production
    Introduction Continue reading: Lessons Learned From Running R in Production  ( 33 min )
    Building a basic Shiny app with Golem – Part II (Video)
    R and Shiny Training: If you find this blog to be interesting, please note that I offer personalized and group-based training sessions that may be reserved through Buy me a Coffee. Additionally, I provide training services in the Spanish language ... Continue reading: Building a basic Shiny app with Golem – Part II (Video)  ( 7 min )
    Tidy Tuesday Revisited: Interactive Map of Arlington Historic Neighborhoods
    This week’s TidyTuesday is about place names as recorded by the US Board on Geographic Names. The dataset has been cleaned to include only populated places. I ended up augmenting the dataset with information about Arlington Historic neighborhoods ... Continue reading: Tidy Tuesday Revisited: Interactive Map of Arlington Historic Neighborhoods  ( 11 min )
    How to Use a Windows .bat File to Execute an R Script
    Introduction Continue reading: How to Use a Windows .bat File to Execute an R Script  ( 12 min )
    How to self-publish a technical book on Leanpub and Amazon using Quarto
    UPDATE: I’ve update this blog post on the 30 of June 2023. I corrected a statement Continue reading: How to self-publish a technical book on Leanpub and Amazon using Quarto  ( 29 min )
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    Sure, Whatever, Let's Try Another Contra Caplan On Mental Illness
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    nAIture
    Plenty of AI related entries in Nature this week (8 June 2023): Why Nature will not allow the use of generative AI in images and videos (until they cannot spot them) AI intensifies fight against paper mills (as a further hindrance rather than an ally) AI learns to write sorting software on its own, through […]  ( 6 min )
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    nAIture
    Plenty of AI related entries in Nature this week (8 June 2023): Why Nature will not allow the use of generative AI in images and videos (until they cannot spot them) AI intensifies fight against paper mills (as a further hindrance rather than an ally) AI learns to write sorting software on its own, through […]  ( 6 min )
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    Flash sale
    Ben Zimmer spotted this interesting street sign in the New York Times photo essay, "DMs from New York City" (June 26, 2023). The Chinese says: suǒyǒu shāngpǐn所有商品"all merchandise" qīnghuò清货"clearance / liquidation of goods" jǐnjí chǔlǐ紧急处理"[must / will be] dealt with / handled urgently" It is true that chǔlǐ 处理 often, if not usually, means "process" […]  ( 8 min )
    Today I learned a new word
    The new-to-me word: assembloid. It occurred in the second (of 20!) bullet points that the blurb for a new publication, Brain Organoid & Systems Neuroscience Journal, lists under the heading Specific areas of interest include, but are not limited to: Brain organogenesis and Neuronal cultures Methods for generating brain assembloids The rest of the list: […]  ( 9 min )
    Touring the Turing Test again
    The buzz about Large Language Models has re-ignited interest in Alan Turing's famous 1950 article "Computing Machinery and Intelligence". Two interesting recent discussions: Jessica Riskin, "A Sort of Buzzing Inside My Head", NYRB 6/25/2023, and Mustafa Suleyman, "The Coming Wave: Technology, Power, and the Twenty-first Century's Greatest Dilemma", Random House 9/5/2023. Suleyman's book won't be released […]  ( 12 min )
    Tasting History
    That's the name of a viral YouTube channel that I had never heard of, and now a popular book that Barbara Phillips Long called to my attention: My son gave me a copy of Tasting History, by Max Miller, which takes very old recipes and gives modern approximations of them. The book is handsomely printed, […]  ( 11 min )
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    Rejection: Embrace the Suck, Toughen Up, and Write Like a Badass
    Build Resilience, become a better writer Continue reading on The Writing Cooperative »  ( 14 min )
    Dialogue Basics Every Fiction Writer Needs to Know
    Fundamentals for fantastic dialogue Continue reading on The Writing Cooperative »  ( 11 min )
    Fall in Love If You Want Writing Goals That Stick
    Love isn’t always easy but it sure can be fulfilling. Continue reading on The Writing Cooperative »  ( 13 min )
    Write Now With Isabella Maldonado
    Today’s Write Now interview features Isabella Maldonado, Wall Street Journal bestselling author of A KILLER’S GAME. Continue reading on The Writing Cooperative »  ( 12 min )
    A 4-Minute Hack That Can Help You Fearlessly Write Online: Permission
    I’ve used this to get 6-figure book deal advances and 7-figure paychecks Continue reading on The Writing Cooperative »  ( 12 min )
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    Do Minnesota’s public health insurance programs offer mental health coverage?
    Yes. MinnesotaCare, a state health care program for Minnesotans with low incomes, covers inpatient and outpatient mental health care, including psychotherapy, as well as hospital and residential services for substance use disorder.  ( 6 min )
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    Computer vision system marries image recognition and generation
    MAGE merges the two key tasks of image generation and recognition, typically trained separately, into a single system.  ( 8 min )
    Gamifying medical data labeling to advance AI
    MIT alumnus’ platform taps the wisdom of crowds to label medical data for AI companies.  ( 10 min )
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    Ragged Dick, by Horatio Alger Jr.
    A young shoeshiner rises the social ladder thanks to his wits, his work ethic, his honesty, and a bit of luck.  ( 2 min )
    The Public and Its Problems, by John Dewey
    A discussion of the political philosophy of a democratic society.  ( 3 min )
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    How is gold priced?
    That is the topic of my latest Bloomberg column, here is one excerpt: Those who remember or read about the 1980s may consider the price of gold to be a highly dramatic variable. During the postwar Bretton Woods years, the price of gold was pegged at $35 an ounce, but after Richard Nixon severed the […] The post How is gold priced? appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments In reply to DaveW. And I remember that at some point during ... by Worley In reply to Non-zero chance. > chance of a dollar led ... by lol In reply to josh. Use archive.ph, almost always someone has ... by Advice In reply to Ricardo. An extra $3 per month in insurance would ... by Oh no In reply to harold. Internet commentators cannot read. by Once again Plus 10 more...  ( 7 min )
    Wednesday assorted links
    1. Humans have used enough groundwater to shift the earth’s tilt. 2. Claims about recent problems in northeast (USA) airspace. 3. Hans Niemann lawsuit against Magnus Carlsen dismissed, some parts dismissed “with prejudice.” 4. Ernie 3.5, the new Baidu model.  你好吗! 5. Are there five billion dormant cell phones sitting around?  What should we do […] The post Wednesday assorted links appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments In reply to Dinwar. “And since the water's not being ... by Glenn In reply to Hazel Meade. On some issues related to economics ... by Chuck37 In reply to blue jay. “This suggests that a substantial ... by Dinwar In reply to Rebarbativsky. Sorry, that was meant as a ... by Rebarbativsky In reply to Rebes. The pilots always lose control from ... by Rebarbativsky Plus 10 more...  ( 6 min )
    Singapore facts of the day, shareholder state edition
    The government (through holding company Temasek) has a minority stake in DBS Bank which is the largest company on the Singapore Exchange. The government has a majority stake in the two largest telecom companies: Singtel and Starhub, it has a majority stake in the flag carrier Singapore Airlines and it is the owner of CapitaLand […] The post Singapore facts of the day, shareholder state edition appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments In reply to Harun. North Korea does not have market economy. ... by Aleksander In reply to Andrew M. it's a nice slogan and an admirable ... by wormbridge In reply to John Smith. have spent a fair bit of time in ... by wormbridge In reply to Vulcidian. Singapore is an example of smart ... by surfie In reply to mkt42. There is nothing about democracy that ... by asdf Plus 10 more... Related Stories My excellent Conversation with Reid Hoffman +1 For the Veil of Ignorance It’s the malaise and gloom, not the anger  ( 7 min )
    *Nature* on AGI risk
    The journal has issued an official editorial, I’ll just present the headline: Stop talking about tomorrow’s AI doomsday when AI poses risks today In the short article AGI risk concerns are dismissed pretty summarily, without engagement.  Then it is followed by plenty of the standard lameness, such as: Further consultations about AI risks and regulations, […] The post *Nature* on AGI risk appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments As it stands, contra that earlier tweet from Rob Wiblin (does ... by pgbh In reply to Rahul. Nature is still anti-AI, just doing the ... by Mitra Dario In reply to PHinton. I'll have my bots get in touch with your ... by Scott H. In reply to Andrew M. Or are you assuming that racial ... by Did you just admit reality is racist? In reply to Timothy Taylor. Because AGW has become gospel ... by The shared deficiencies of the AI and AGW doomer "arguments" are obvious, but ignored by most Plus 10 more... Related Stories What should I ask Paul Graham? What does Geoffrey Hinton believe about AGI existential risk? India bots to the rescue  ( 8 min )
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    UBS Cuts Out Credit Suisse
    Also Lordstown, Rule 144 and MetaBirkins.  ( 2 min )
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    Pappardelle With Tuscan Pork Ragù
    This shredded pork sauce is rich and herbaceous, and pairs perfectly with thick, fresh pappardelle noodles.  ( 19 min )
    Creamy Corn Dip With Feta, Mint, and Tomatoes
    This joyously vibrant corn dip is loaded with sweet, fresh, briny, and herbal flavors, and unlike many others, it doesn't seize up and turn to rubber as it cools.  ( 16 min )
    Centrifugal vs. Masticating Juicers: What’s the Difference?
    We broke down the differences between centrifugal and masticating juicers and gave tested recommendations for each.  ( 15 min )
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    A 'Captured' Alien Planet May Be Hiding at the Edge of Our Solar System
    The cold and mysterious Oort cloud at the edge of our solar system may be hiding a rogue planet
    World's Second Named Heat Wave Strikes Spain
    Heat Wave Yago is baking Seville, Spain, the first city in the world to introduce a heat wave naming and ranking system
    How to Protect Yourself from Smoky Wildfire Air
    As giant plumes from fires in Canada billow over the U.S., experts explain what smoke does to your health—and how to protect yourself
    Early Human Ancestors Ate Each Other for Food, Fossil Leg Bone Suggests
    A fossilized hominin leg shows gashes that were probably made by stone tools
    That Tip-of-the-Tongue Feeling May Be an Illusion
    When you can’t remember a word, it might only feel like it’s on the tip of your tongue
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    9 Summer Night Sky Stories From Our Readers to Warm the Heart
    Whether you’re camping in New Mexico’s Cosmic Campground or trying to catch sight of Venus’s bright orb around sunrise or sunset, summer nights seem to invite us to look up at the twinkling sky and wonder at our place in it all. Stargazing and toasty bonfires just go together, like cecropia trees and Azteca ants. As part of our ongoing Summer of Wonder series, we recently asked readers on our Facebook page to tell us about their favorite stargazing memories. We compiled some of the most heartwarming and hilarious responses below, from meteors showering down on a newly eloped couple in Big Sur, California, to happening upon a friendly astronomer on top of a mountain on Hawaiʻi’s Big Island. If you’d like to join the conversation (and potentially be featured in other Atlas stories througho…  ( 22 min )
    Novak Djokovic and the Power of a Bosnian Pyramid
    Excerpted with permission from The Theory of Everything Else: A Voyage into the World of the Weird, by Daniel Schreiber, published June 2023 by William Morrow. All rights reserved. You probably haven’t ever heard of the small city of Visoko in Bosnia. I certainly hadn’t until I started writing this book. For a long time it was a place that rarely popped up in international news. And even when it did, it usually only concerned one local resident, Adnan Nević, who became notable for being recognized by the United Nations as Earth’s official sixth-billionth human. Otherwise, it never really made much of a dent in global news coverage. Fortunes changed for the city in 2020, however, when Novak Djokovic, at the time the world’s top-ranked tennis player, started making pilgrimages there so h…  ( 25 min )
    Podcast: We Heart Disasters … With John Marr
    Listen and subscribe on Stitcher, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all major podcast apps. In this episode of The Atlas Obscura Podcast, host Dylan Thuras meets a teenage hero: author John Marr, who created the infamous Murder Can Be Fun zine and chronicled tales of usual amusement park ride deaths and other odd disasters. You can see back issues of Murder Can Be Fun here. Our podcast is an audio guide to the world’s wondrous, awe-inspiring, strange places. In under 15 minutes, we’ll take you to an incredible site, and along the way you’ll meet some fascinating people and hear their stories. Join us daily, Monday through Thursday, to explore a new wonder with cofounder Dylan Thuras and a neighborhood of Atlas Obscura reporters.  ( 13 min )
    Just How Super Is The Coming Supermoon?
    Atlas Obscura’s Wondersky columnist Rebecca Boyle is an award-winning science journalist and author of the upcoming Our Moon: How Earth’s Celestial Companion Transformed the Planet, Guided Evolution, and Made Us Who We Are (January 2024, Random House). Throughout the summer, she’ll be sharing the stories and secrets of our wondrous night sky. The Moon is growing now, more and more of it visible every evening. Though it is technically full for just one night, it will look mostly full for a night or so before and after that. The bright summer Moon can be frustrating—it’s so dazzling, it drowns out the stars and fainter objects that many stargazers enjoy staying up late to see. And the coming full Moon will be one of the brightest of 2023: It’s the year’s first full Moon “supermoon.” Save…  ( 17 min )
    Karl Jansky Monument in Holmdel, New Jersey
    In 1931, Bell Laboratories physicist and radio researcher Karl Jansky set up a radio antenna on this site for experimental studies. While gathering data, his results were affected daily by static. He concluded that this was originating from space due to the fact that the time of maximum static changed by four minutes from day to day. By locating the direction where the signal was largest, he discovered that it came from the center of the Milky Way galaxy. With this first measurement, the field of radio astronomy came into existence. The name "Jansky" was given to the unit of radio flux density.  ( 12 min )
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    How can universities and journals better work together on research misconduct?
    When it comes to delays in correcting the scientific record — and less-than-helpful retraction notices — it’s not uncommon to see journals blaming universities for being slow and less than forthcoming, and universities blaming journals for being impatient and not respecting the confidentiality of their processes. So in 2021 and 2022, a group of university … Continue reading How can universities and journals better work together on research misconduct?  ( 10 min )
    “Truly devastating”: Four journals won’t get new Impact Factors this year because of citation shenanigans
    Clarivate, the company that assigns journals Impact Factors, this year will not give four journals updated versions of the controversial metric used by many institutions and publications as a shorthand for quality.  The journals will remain indexed in Web of Science, but won’t have an Impact Factor for this year in Clarivate’s 2023 Journal Citation … Continue reading “Truly devastating”: Four journals won’t get new Impact Factors this year because of citation shenanigans  ( 9 min )
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    heat-shield.space MIYAZAKI WORLD 📌 Artur Bień Adam Cadre 📌 Diffle 📌  ( 1 min )
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    Machine Learning workflow with tidymodels in R workshop
    Join our workshop on Machine Learning workflow with tidymodels in R, which is a part of our workshops for Ukraine series!  Here’s some more info:  Title: Machine Learning workflow with tidymodels in R Date: Thursday, July 27th, 18:00 – 20:00 CEST (Rome, Berlin, Paris timezone) Speaker: Kelly Bodwin is an Associate Professor ... Continue reading: Machine Learning workflow with tidymodels in R workshop  ( 11 min )
    Nurturing Growth: Advancing Your IT Career in the Appsilon Tech Team
    In today’s rapidly evolving technology landscape, IT professionals need to stay ahead of the curve to remain competitive and relevant in their careers. That’s why, at Appsilon, we do our best to create opportunities for personal and professional development for all our team members. We foster a culture ... Continue reading: Nurturing Growth: Advancing Your IT Career in the Appsilon Tech Team  ( 18 min )
    Write a function with Python and R
    R and Shiny Training: If you find this blog to be interesting, please note that I offer personalized and group-based training sessions that may be reserved through Buy me a Coffee. Additionally, I provide training services in the Spanish language ... Continue reading: Write a function with Python and R  ( 7 min )
    Exploring Rolling Correlation with the rollapply Function: A Powerful Tool for Analyzing Time-Series Data
    Introduction Continue reading: Exploring Rolling Correlation with the rollapply Function: A Powerful Tool for Analyzing Time-Series Data  ( 11 min )
    May 2023: “Top 40” New CRAN Packages
    This will be my final R Views post offering my totally idiosyncratic selection of 40 CRAN packages. It has been a good run that began in August 2016. I would like to thank all of you who followed these posts. Your readership kept me going. I hope that the “Top 40” posts were ... Continue reading: May 2023: “Top 40” New CRAN Packages  ( 43 min )
    Fast creation of LFR Benchmark graphs in R
    Almost a year ago, I introduced my most recent network related R packages netUtils. The package is meant as a catch-all package where I Continue reading: Fast creation of LFR Benchmark graphs in R  ( 8 min )
    A Journey through Arrow in R
    How to join this free online event with Stephanie Hazlitt, Jonathan Keane and Nic Crane. Continue reading: A Journey through Arrow in R  ( 11 min )
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    The Invisible Effect Medical Notes Could Have on Care
    Studies have long shown that Black patients experience worse health outcomes compared to White patients, in part due to biased medical care. Now, researchers want to know how stigmatizing language affects their treatment. Does a patient described as “belligerent” or “non-compliant” get the same care?  ( 15 min )
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    Half empty or half full?
    The Washington Post recently had a story called “Black Americans More Upbeat but Fear Worsening Racism, poll finds.”  As the title shows, the results could be read in different ways.  Near the end, it said that most black employees had pretty favorable views of their own workplaces, but “beyond work, however, 17 percent of Black Americans say they often feel treated with less respect or feel as if they received bad service at a restaurant or store because of their race.” That was followed by a graph entitled “Fewer Black Americans say they are often treated poorly … than in 2006.”  The numbers of black people who say that various things happen to them “often” or “somewhat often” because of their race.                                                      2006       2023 Less respect than ot…  ( 11 min )
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    Every Flashing Element On Your Site Alienates And Enrages Users
    Warning: This post might give vulnerable people new sensory sensitivities
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    Glass-Topped Table
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    re-MCM’d
    When I entered the classroom on the Jussieu campus where the Monday morning session on PDMP was taking place, some friends told me a badge was waiting for me at the registration desk of MCM 2023! Most surprisingly since I had received a deregistration message a few weeks earlier. Great PDMP session with non-reversible tempering […]  ( 6 min )
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    re-MCM’d
    When I entered the classroom on the Jussieu campus where the Monday morning session on PDMP was taking place, some friends told me a badge was waiting for me at the registration desk of MCM 2023! Most surprisingly since I had received a deregistration message a few weeks earlier. Great PDMP session with non-reversible tempering […]  ( 6 min )
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    Exclusive: Researcher has “ceased employment” at university amid investigation and retraction
    A neurology researcher in Australia is no longer employed at his former university in the midst of a research misconduct investigation, Retraction Watch has learned. And the work of a co-author at another institution also is being assessed for possible research misconduct after sleuths alerted the university to comments on PubPeer about potential data issues … Continue reading Exclusive: Researcher has “ceased employment” at university amid investigation and retraction  ( 9 min )
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    3 Hard Truths That Can Liberate Writers From The Dark Side Of Writing
    It’s not always rosy, but it could still be worth it.  ( 13 min )
    Here’s How I Balance Writing, Work & Being a Mom
    I won’t pretend this is easy.  ( 13 min )
    Strengthen Your Story's Conflicts With One Question
    An Easy Way to Better Character Progression Continue reading on The Writing Cooperative »  ( 14 min )
    My Ghostly Strategy: Avoid the Graveyard
    Continue reading on The Writing Cooperative »  ( 19 min )
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    Nhớ Tuyết in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
    “Đi ăn nhậu tối nay không?” is a phrase you’ll hear often throughout Vietnam. In literal terms, it translates to “let’s go eat and drink tonight,” but the use of the word nhậu evokes something deeper. To nhậu is to come together over plentiful food, typically eaten with your hands, and drink, typically generous amounts of beer. It’s the quintessential act of daily celebration, for no reason at all, that often lasts for hours and sometimes includes spontaneous sidewalk karaoke.  This is the ritual on display at Nhớ Tuyết, which literally means “missing or remembering snow,” though it’s really named after the owner, whose name is Tuyết. Come as the locals do: with a big group of friends. And enjoy a vast selection of seafood ranging from clams in lemongrass broth, to scallops topped with scallion oil and crushed peanuts, to colossal river prawns all cooked via your preferred preparation, whether that’s salt-toasted or tossed in a wok with tamarind sauce.  Beyond the seafood, Ms. Tuyết is known for her proprietary recipe for pâté, which comes in a thinner-than-usual texture with a sheet of burnt rice for scooping up as sort of a dip. There are also plenty of options for vegetarian diners, including an off-menu tofu in salted egg sauce. Your meal here will typically come with a full case of beer. At the end of the meal, they’ll count how many cans are left and charge accordingly.  ( 14 min )
    Bún Riêu Gánh in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
    The first thing you encounter when you stumble on Bún Riêu Gánh is the colossal pot of red-orange crab broth simmering right there on the sidewalk. The name of the venue alludes to the gánh, or a wooden yoke traditionally used by street vendors to carry their goods, to which the pot is attached. From this pot, brimming with seafood and herbs, the shop’s owner, Mrs. Mai Thi Lien, ladles each bowl to order.  A four-decade-old mainstay located near the bustling Ben Thanh Market, the restaurant’s namesake noodle soup, bún riêu, combines rice vermicelli noodles, or bún, with riêu, or a crab paste which is typically combined with pork, shrimp, and prawns to create a solid, meatloaf-like consistency. Also in the bowl are heaping chunks of tofu as well as huyet, or coagulated pork blood, while a side plate of herbs includes perilla leaves and basil.  Though the dish is believed to have originated in northern Vietnam, it’s become one of the most popular noodle soups throughout the entire country. Here, Mrs. Lien serves her bún riêu with an accompanying dipping cup of tamarind fish sauce with sliced chili and pure shrimp paste. The use of tamarind is distinctly southern: twirl up the noodles with a piece of crab paste and dip it all into the sauce for a pop of tangy brightness.  ( 13 min )
    Salto de Guadalupe in Guadalupe, Colombia
    The waterfall of the Guadalupe River at El Salto is the site of Guadalupe I, a hydroelectric power plant dating back to 1932 that serves Medellín and the surrounding region. The companion Guadalupe III at the base of the waterfall was built in 1966. The boundaries of the Gómez Plata, Carolina del Príncipe, and Guadalupe municipalities meet at the base of the waterfall. A two-cabin cable car from the top to the base of the waterfall started operating in 1962 to serve EPM and the surrounding communities. The cable car has a 730-meter (2,395-foot) horizontal length to cover a 565-meter (1854-ft) vertical span, with a maximum speed of 4.4 meters per second (15.8 km/h or 9.8 mph). The cable car system was built by Bell (Kriens, Lucerne), and the cabins by Metalleger (Sierre, Valais) from Switzerland. The power plants and surrounding facilities are owned by Empresas Públicas de Medellín (EPM), the power utility company that serves the city of Medellín and the surrounding region.  ( 13 min )
    The Ultimate American Road Trip Maze
    Michelle Boggess-Nunley is a Grosse Pointe, Michigan-based artist who holds the Guinness World Record for the biggest hand-drawn maze. This is Michelle's third original puzzle for Atlas Obscura. Check out her other two here: one inspired by Atlas Obscura places around the world, and another set in the Paris Catacombs! Have you ever passed through a town while on a trip and wondered what secrets it could hold? Or maybe you'd looked down a road and saw some bizarre thing that maybe only locals know about? That’s my favorite thing about Atlas Obscura and the Atlas Obscura app—it gives us all of those secrets at our fingertips, whether we’re in the car with the window rolled down or laptop-travelers looking for a new adventure. Our family loves to take road trips and visit national park…  ( 15 min )
    Lando School in Lando, South Carolina
    The Lando schoolhouse was built in 1904-5 in the Italian Renaissance revival style for the employees of the Manetta Mill. The school was built in an unusually opulent style for a mill town, which is indicative of the prosperity of the area at the time. The ruins of the Manetta Mills are very near the Lando schoolhouse along Fishing Creek. The town itself is a shadow of its former self since the closing of the mill in 1992, with only a few residents remaining. The schoolhouse itself was closed down in 1955. The first floor of the schoolhouse contained classrooms, and the second floor was combination classroom and auditorium. The third floor is just balcony seating which overlooks the stage on the second floor below. Today the school sits abandoned and decaying at the end of Schoolhouse Road.  ( 12 min )
    Tips for the Best Milky Way Images, From a Photographer Obsessed With It
    For the first 30 years of his life, Stanley Aryanto says that he was living someone else’s dream. He had a comfortable job as a mechanical engineer, but he wasn’t happy. During a trip through Europe in 2015, he snapped tons of photos with a pocket camera. But when he got home, he was disappointed. Nothing he’d captured did the trip justice: His photos were crooked, dark, or taken without a thought for composition. He started watching YouTube photography videos, upgraded his camera, and practiced relentlessly. His skills grew quickly, and so did his sense of fulfillment. In 2018, he quit his job to become a digital nomad and pursue photography full-time, capturing the Milky Way and other natural wonders. Atlas Obscura spoke with Aryanto about the balance between experiencing and photo…  ( 19 min )
    Cơm Tấm Nguyễn Văn Cừ in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
    While Vietnamese food debates usually revolve around whose pho is best, there’s also a fair amount of polarizing discourse surrounding cơm tấm, or broken rice, as everyone feels strongly about their favorite rendition.  Perhaps best described as an everyday meal of the people, this culturally significant dish is centered around its most humble ingredient, the rice. During the brutal French colonial period, a time of hunger in Vietnamese history, people began cooking with the rice that had been broken during the milling process. As such, it’s become a symbol of Vietnamese resilience and resourcefulness.  This is the origin of cơm tấm, which is the namesake dish at Cơm Tấm Nguyễn Văn Cừ, a beloved institution that’s been selling it since 1968. The rendition here is traditional: a couple scoops of the broken rice along with sides of sườn nướng (marinated pork chop), bì (shredded pork skin), chả trứng (egg and meat loaf) along with pickled vegetables. Fish sauce, with or without birdseye chili, is poured over the top and adds depth of flavor.  The big differentiator here is the larger-than-typical size of pork chop, which is prepared on the grill out in front of the nondescript storefront. It comes with a higher price tag (a little less than $7), of course, and while that’s earned it some detractors, it nevertheless remains packed for lunch daily with a mostly local audience.  ( 14 min )
    Lee Jang-woo's House in Gwangju, South Korea
    In the bustling city of Gwangju in South Korea's southwestern corner, tucked away in the city's historic Yangnim-dong neighborhood, a traditional Korean home boasts rare architecture in a calming atmosphere. Known as a hanok, the home was first constructed in 1899. The wealthy landowner, Jeong Nak-Gyo, and his family commissioned the house and were the first to live in it.  Throughout the Japanese colonial period in South Korea from 1910-1945, many similar homes with Korean architecture were destroyed. This house adopted a Japanese-style garden during this time period but was able to maintain its distinctive Korean buildings. The home was later purchased by its most famous resident, Lee Jang-Woo, in 1959. Lee was a prominent philanthropist and education advocate for the Jeolla region. Along with his legacy of founding kindergartens, middle schools, high schools, and universities across Jeolla, he has also left behind this remarkable architectural site for visitors today to enjoy. Under Lee's care, additions were made to the house including men's quarters, servants' quarters, and a storehouse, all in keeping with the traditional Korean style. The Japanese-style garden was converted back to a Korean-style garden in 2009 for the Gwangju Design Biennale. The original women's quarters and gates built by Nak-Gyo are also still intact.  ( 13 min )
    Bibo Park Ibiza Botánico Biotecnológico in Ibiza, Spain
    Opened in May 2022, Bibo Park, the main botanical and biotechnological garden on the Spanish island of Ibiza, focuses on the preservation of local plant species, including endangered ones which are endemic to the island and others in the Pitiusas archipelago, such as Formentera and other nearby minor islands. The park also highlights the practical applications of plants in sustainable technologies. One of the pieces of equipment on view is an algae-based photobioreactor near the park's entrance. In the device, a series of tubes cultivates algae that can be used in everything from power generation to carbon sequestration. Other notable instruments are those developed by the Barcelona-based company Bioo, especially their batteries and generators which are powered entirely by soil. These ne…  ( 14 min )
    Lost Something? Make This Greek Saint's Cake
    When Alexandra Pittas was in the sixth grade, she lost a Bible that she had brought for church service at her Greek immersion school. It wasn’t just any Bible, either. It had been a gift from yiayia, her grandmother. “I knew my mom was going to kill me,” recalls Pittas. “So my friend told me, you should pray to Agios Fanourious. And I was like, who?” This was the first time Pittas had heard of St. Fanourious, the Greek patron saint of lost things. She spent the next week praying fervently. “I happened to be in the kitchen at church, and I went into a cabinet to get something. And there was the Bible, waiting for me,” she remembers. “I don’t even know why it would be in there! Or why I would have gone into this cabinet at all." Even after stumbling across the lost Bible, Alexandra’s i…  ( 21 min )
    Ănăn Saigon in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
    Set within a narrow wet market on Tôn Thất Đạm street, Ănăn (literally “eat, eat”) is a casual fine dining Vietnamese restaurant that combines traditional flavors and ingredients with modern techniques in creative, whimsical dishes. Opened in 2017, it’s the brainchild of chef Peter Cuong Franklin, a chef-auteur who traded in a career in investment banking for life in a kitchen, earning acclaim at Hong Kong’s Chôm Chôm before moving back to Vietnam, a country he once fled as a young refugee.  Franklin calls his cooking “new Vietnamese” cuisine, riffing off the “new American” and “new Scandinavian” food movements that have taken off in the west. At Ănăn—Ho Chi Minh City’s first Michelin star restaurant—his freewheeling approach is evident in dishes like the Da Lat Pizza, a twist on an open-faced rice paper street food from Franklin’s hometown of Da Lat, and the Banh Xeo Taco with beef, reimagining Vietnamese crispy crepes in a hand-held format with meat cooked in Vietnamese bo kho (beef stew) seasoning.  There’s more to love than just the food. The restaurant spreads out across five levels of seating including a charming rooftop deck offering sweeping views of the District 1 neighborhood. Located on the third floor, the on-site cocktail bar Nhau Nhau (“drink, drink”) turns out specialty drinks like a Phojito—a mojito infused with classic pho spices like star anise and cinnamon.  ( 14 min )
    Musée de l'Histoire de la Médecine (Museum of the History of Medicine) in Toulouse, France
    Dedicated to the history of medicine and its transmission in the city of Toulouse, this museum houses a collection of instruments, paintings, and documents covering seven centuries of local and global history. With the Museum of Medical Devices, it shares a wing of the Hôtel Saint Jacques, a former hospital active since the 1100s with impressive architecture overlooking the river Garonne. The museum was founded in 1983 by Pr. Jean-Charles Auvergnat, who wanted to give the public an overview of the historical, scientific, technical, and artistic sides of medicine. The basement is dedicated to the history of the faculty of Toulouse, and how it was taught to students through the years. At the same time, the upper level showcases a former pharmacy with beautiful woodwork from the 19th century. The alliance of majestic architecture and high ceilings with old-fashioned museography gives a certain charm to the museum. There are several rare and surprising pieces, such as face moldings showcasing skin diseases, an 18th-century oil painting of a patient suffering from a gigantic hernia, and an abortion table from the Napoleonic era.  ( 13 min )
    Hue Cafe Roastery in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
    Vietnam is the world’s second-largest producer of coffee, and most of this comes from the central region of the country. A product of French colonialism, coffee is widely consumed by Vietnamese people, who congregate at the dozens of cafes on every city corner to re-energize, reconnect, and take respite from the heat. It’s a part of Vietnamese culture to take one’s time over coffee, which is brewed via a single-serving, slow-drip metal filter called a phin.  A small roaster with two locations in Saigon (one in District 1 and one in District 2), Hue Cafe offers all the classic styles of Vietnamese coffee: black, with condensed milk, blended with coconut and ice. But the standout is salt coffee, a specialty from the cafe’s namesake, Hue, the former imperial capital located in central Vietnam. The drink involves whipping cream into a salty fluff to accentuate the natural sweetness of the coffee.  Simple pleasure and relaxation is the essence of Hue Cafe, whose best location is on the shady, tree-lined strip of Xuân Thủy in the expat area of District 2. Order your coffee and enjoy it outside where all the regulars gather around on plastic stools and watch the bikes go by.  ( 13 min )
    Martinelli Building in São Paulo, Brazil
    The Martinelli Building (or Edifício Martinelli in Portuguese), with its 28 floors, is the first skyscraper built in Brazil. Located in São Paulo, it is 105 meters tall. Construction began in 1924, and was completed in 1929. At the time of its opening, it was the tallest building in Latin America, and the largest concrete-framed building in the world. Although today it seems modest when compared to other huge buildings in the capital, the building designed by Italian businessman Giuseppe Martinelli carries with it tons of history and various curiosities. The news of the construction of the tallest building in the city brought terror to the people of São Paulo at the time. Still accustomed to smaller buildings, with up to four floors, residents of the region feared that the construction…  ( 13 min )
    Podcast: Hunga Tonga-Hunga Haʻapai
    Listen and subscribe on Stitcher, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all major podcast apps. In this episode of The Atlas Obscura Podcast, we visit an island in the South Pacific ... that no longer really exists. But we chat with a person who got to see volcanic Hunga Tonga-Hunga Haʻapai before it all but disappeared. Our podcast is an audio guide to the world’s wondrous, awe-inspiring, strange places. In under 15 minutes, we’ll take you to an incredible site, and along the way you’ll meet some fascinating people and hear their stories. Join us daily, Monday through Thursday, to explore a new wonder with cofounder Dylan Thuras and a neighborhood of Atlas Obscura reporters.  ( 13 min )
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    Sumsets and entropy revisited
    Ben Green, Freddie Manners and I have just uploaded to the arXiv our preprint “Sumsets and entropy revisited“. This paper uses entropy methods to attack the Polynomial Freiman-Ruzsa (PFR) conjecture, which we study in the following two forms: Conjecture 1 (Weak PFR over ) Let be a finite non-empty set whose doubling constant is at […]  ( 15 min )
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    Sumsets and entropy revisited
    Ben Green, Freddie Manners and I have just uploaded to the arXiv our preprint “Sumsets and entropy revisited“. This paper uses entropy methods to attack the Polynomial Freiman-Ruzsa (PFR) conjecture, which we study in the following two forms: Conjecture 1 (Weak PFR over ) Let be a finite non-empty set whose doubling constant is at […]  ( 15 min )
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    QS ranks MIT the world’s No. 1 university for 2023-24
    Ranking at the top for the 12th year in a row, the Institute also places first in 11 subject areas.  ( 6 min )
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    Why the Heat Dome Sizzling Texas Won't Budge
    A “heat dome” is parked over Texas and Mexico and is sending temperatures soaring to record—and potentially deadly—levels
    Bees Are Astonishingly Good at Making Decisions
    Computer modeling explains a key facet of bees’ decision-making skills—something only seen previously in humans and other primates
    We're Building Things Based on a Climate We No Longer Live In
    NOAA precipitation estimates that engineers and planners use to design bridges, roads and other infrastructure are decades out of date because of climate change
    UFOs Keep Appearing in the News. Here's Why We Can't Quit Them
    For most of us, aliens are a source of mystery and fun, which keeps them forever in vogue
    Cute and Ugly Pygmy Lorises Are Actually Two Different Species
    It turns out there are two species of mysterious, venomous pygmy lorises
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    Our 12 Favorite Kitchen-Related Housewarming Gifts
    We scoured our equipment reviews to find some tested-and-recommended products that’d make excellent, thoughtful housewarming gifts.  ( 31 min )
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    Lunds & Byerlys strike averted ahead of busy Fourth of July weekend
    Plus: Wisconsin Republicans continue with DEI related budget cut plan; Twin Cities has second worst air quality in the world; 28 years since Jodi Huisentruit went missing; "The Bear" features Minneapolis band; and more.  ( 7 min )
    Did the Minnesota Department of Transportation put up Taylor Swift-inspired safety messages on highways during her visit?
    Yes. In celebration of Taylor Swift’s Minneapolis performances on June 23 and 24, 2023, the Minnesota Department of Transportation updated electric highway signs with “Taylor Swift related” content for the week.  ( 6 min )
    Was there a seat for an 8-year-old child’s Make-a-Wish on Justice Alito’s luxury fishing trip to Alaska?
    No. The Make-a-Wish Foundation confirms former Sen. Al Franken's tweet was satire.  ( 6 min )
    What does having an equity officer do for Minnesota?
    Stephanie Burrage is Minnesota's first equity officer.  ( 24 min )
    Minneapolis-based artists join forces for ‘maximalist’ show without restrictions
    Aby Wolf and Eric Mayson have been in each other’s musical orbit for 10 years now. This week, the two are celebrating their multi-context collaborative relationship with a show called SMASHuP!  ( 14 min )
    Journalism that’s worth it
    In our newsroom, we produce stories that make a difference for our readers – whether it be pointing out legislation that could change their lives or a fun light-hearted story about Minnesota’s history and quirks.  ( 8 min )
    Inclusion as a catalyst to Minnesota’s economic growth
    It is an economic imperative that no worker remains on the periphery, particularly those from historically marginalized groups who have been underutilized for far too long.  ( 9 min )
    Minnesota employers attempting to navigate marijuana policies ahead of legalization
    Plus: Tuition hike for U of M students; Orono ousts hockey coach over coaching style; 3-year-old child dies weeks after crash; Moorhead to revamp downtown; and more.  ( 7 min )
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    Is a two percent inflation target obsolete?
    Put aside ngdp targeting and other possible options, should be raise the target rate to three or possibly four percent?  No, as I argue in my latest Bloomberg column.  After some of the standard economic treatments, I also make a political economy argument: Might it be that a 4% steady state rate of inflation simply […] The post Is a two percent inflation target obsolete? appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments In reply to The King of Pottawatomie, KS, 74852. Dear Anooj, ... by Equestrian In reply to Formerly K. To be fair Mm has a point if you are ... by LivelyClock In reply to Yancey Ward. Yep, 2% gives the Central bank room ... by ThatsNotAll In reply to Flex. Why? Are goods and services produced ... by LivelyClock In reply to Tom T.. 8% excluding food and energy (which went ... by OldCurmudgeon Plus 10 more...  ( 7 min )
    What should I ask Vishy Anand?
    Yes, I will be doing a Conversation with him — so what should I ask? Here is Wikipedia if you need it. The post What should I ask Vishy Anand? appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments What did your mother teach you about chess that you still make ... by Dear Knights and Dark Horses In reply to sathish. Good questions. Too many MR commenters ... by mkt42 In reply to Equestrian. Hi Heather, Turns out, I found some ... by The King Of Texas In reply to Sebastiao Thomaz. Victoria Stewart Sun, Jul 26, ... by Equestrian Do you think Epstein killed himself? by OldCurmudgeon Plus 10 more... Related Stories What should I ask Vishny Anand? What game theory predicts Game theory and the First World War  ( 6 min )
    Tuesday assorted links
    1. Noise pollution and killer whales. 2. “We estimate an MPC [marginal propensity to consume] out of unrealized crypto gains that is more than double the MPC out of unrealized equity gains but smaller than the MPC from exogenous cash flow shocks.” 3. Why so little recent progress on improved Covid vaccines? (NYT) 4. How […] The post Tuesday assorted links appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments In reply to TMC. Noone who mounts an armed rebellion against ... by Hazel Meade In reply to RAD. Yeah, don't forget these people are masters ... by Hazel Meade In reply to mkt42. The thing is that Prigozhin was not really ... by Hazel Meade In reply to M. Valid point. The traditional mob execution ... by Hazel Meade 2. “We estimate an MPC [marginal propensity to consume] out ... by mkt42 Plus 10 more...  ( 6 min )
    +1 For the Veil of Ignorance
    From a new paper in Cognitive Science: Most people in the United States agree they want some income inequality but debate exactly how much is fair. High-status people generally prefer more inequality than low-status individuals. Here we examine how much preferences for inequality are (or are not) driven by self-interest. Past work has generally investigated […] The post +1 For the Veil of Ignorance appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments In reply to M. The Chinese Imperial Exam was producing better ... by JC My mistake. I meant I would not just press the “like” ... by Thomas L Hutcheson In reply to Thomas L Hutcheson. Why not? 😳 It's a ... by EdR In reply to EdR. OK. I will not “like” this either. 🙂 by Thomas L Hutcheson In reply to RAD. This is a great comment. It's actually ... by Hazel Meade Plus 10 more... Related Stories Long-term relatedness and income distribution My Conversation with Noam Chomsky It’s the malaise and gloom, not the anger  ( 7 min )
    What does it mean to understand how a scientific literature is put together?
    In just about any scientific literature, there is an undercurrent of tacit knowledge which is not very directly expressed in any of the published pieces.  That knowledge may cover the following issues, among many others: 1. How the rules of the conversation operate, and how a body of literature on a question coheres. 2. Why […] The post What does it mean to understand how a scientific literature is put together? appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments In reply to Jim Finch. These questions don't really operate ... by Evan In reply to kailer. Well I don’t know how patriarchs act, ... by anonprof In reply to Todd K. George Church is one of the most ... by P In reply to steve. Medical journals are so low quality. by Todd K In reply to Rich Berger. The replication crisis is separate ... by mkt42 Plus 10 more... Related Stories +1 For the Veil of Ignorance It’s the malaise and gloom, not the anger Long-term relatedness and income distribution  ( 8 min )
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    Silicon Valley Is On Drugs
    Also private credit, the purpose of banking, bags of cash and biotech hedging.  ( 2 min )
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    The 10 Best Thriller Movies That Take Place Within 24 Hours
    Many films utilise a tight 24-hour time-frame to create a sense of urgency and intensity by depicting events happening (as close as possible) in real-time. Examples of this technique has been used in many genres such as: romance, comedies, drama and westerns. However, some of the most energetic, gripping and exciting stories held within 24-hours […]  ( 11 min )
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    They came in through the window: The migration of tech hype from the fringes to the media and academic mainstream
    Palko points to a ten-year-old post on 3-D printing. Here he is back in 2013: We’re talking about people (particularly journalists) who have an emotional, gee-whiz reaction to technology without really thinking seriously about the functionality. [They] can be spotted … Continue reading →  ( 15 min )
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    In Montana, the First U.S. Constitutional Climate Trial Closes
    Since it opened in Montana on June 12, much of the country’s first constitutional climate case litigated before a judge has centered on the connection between climate change and harm alleged by the plaintiffs, who say their right to a “clean and healthful environment” has been violated by the state.  ( 13 min )
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    Tidy Tuesday: US Populated Places
    Today’s TidyTuesday is about place names as recorded by the US Board on Geographic Names. The dataset has been cleaned to include only populated places. library(tidyverse) # who doesn't want to be tidy? Continue reading: Tidy Tuesday: US Populated Places  ( 78 min )
    The ave() Function in R
    Introduction Continue reading: The ave() Function in R  ( 11 min )
    ggplotting power curves from simr package
    The R package simr has greatly facilitated power analysis for mixed-effects models using Monte Carlo simulation (i.e., hundreds or thousands of tests under slight variations of the data). The powerCurve function is used to estimate the statistical power for various sample sizes in one go. Since it runs serially, ... Continue reading: ggplotting power curves from simr package  ( 10 min )
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    The scatology and physiology of push and pull
    Having just written about "Drainage issues" (6/25/23), with a graphic depiction of what causes the problem with the drainage system in question, I am emboldened finally to answer a question that one of my graduate students has been asking about for several years.  Namely, why do Chinese say "pull poo / shit / excrement" (lāshǐ […]  ( 8 min )

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    Can Eating Insects Make Tasty Crabs Tastier?
    This article is from Hakai Magazine, an online publication about science and society in coastal ecosystems. Read more stories like this at hakaimagazine.com. Chinese mitten crabs are a delicacy among some seafood lovers: deeply savory, with a distinctive tinge of sweetness. Diners crack the shells open and eat the meat piping hot, dipped in rice vinegar and soy sauce with sliced ginger. The unique flavor of the crabs, most of which are grown in farms on China’s Yangtze River, is crucial to their popularity. When it comes to seafood, research shows that consumers prioritize taste above all else—including health benefits and environmental sustainability. “All other things sort of fall by the wayside,” says Grant Murray, a marine policy researcher at Duke University in North Carolina wh…  ( 15 min )
    Inside NASA's Contest to Develop the Space Food of the Future
    Tucked in a quiet industrial park in suburban Ohio, an office building holds some of humanity’s future food solutions. In the lobby, glass panels line a wall, each highlighting a significant achievement in food-production history, from the advent of deep-frying to the invention of canning to the development of pasteurization. This timeline is a good introduction for what lies farther inside: a company that’s creating 3-D printed foods. When I visited in August 2022, that company—BeeHex—was just one of the 18 teams selected to compete in the Phase II of the Deep Space Food Challenge, a contest sponsored by NASA and the Canadian Space Agency. The teams’ task: Create foods that will not only feed a crew of astronauts on a deep-space mission to Mars for at least three years but also improve …  ( 42 min )
    Preserving the LGBTQ Legacy of One of America's Most Historic Homes
    Think of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow—what comes to mind? High school English class? If you’re a fan, maybe "Paul Revere’s Ride” or “A Psalm of Life”? Beyond being one of America’s most famous poets, the twice-married Longfellow, who died in 1882, also holds an iconic and unlikely place in queer history. Steps away from Harvard Square in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is Longfellow House, a stately Georgian home owned by his family (and eventually a trust they established) from 1843 to 1972. It was a home, but also a gathering place for artists and thinkers, and something more. Its archives contain a trove of documents about LGBTQ+ history. Several members of the Longfellow family, including the poet’s brother, daughter, and grandson, were, as park ranger Kate Potter puts it, “not straight.” Lu…  ( 22 min )
    Paul Wellstone Memorial in Eveleth, Minnesota
    It was at this location on October 25, 2002, that a plane carrying U.S. Senator Paul Wellstone, his wife Sheila, daughter Marcia, three campaign staffers, and two pilots crashed while attempting to land at Eleventh, Minnesota, killing all eight. The two-time Democrat Senator for Minnesota was on the campaign trail, and was due to appear in Duluth that evening for a debate, but made a detour to Eleventh to attend the funeral of Martin Rukavina, a steelworker whose son Tom, served in the Minnesota House of Representatives.    The son of Ukrainian Jewish immigrants, the fiery senator was described by The Economist as the soul of the Democratic Party, fighting for progressive causes, no matter the odds. Despite his leftist populist leanings, Wellstone garnered respect and admiration from bot…  ( 14 min )
    Casa de Dona Yayá in São Paulo, Brazil
    A historic building in the neighborhood of Bixiga, in São Paulo, was once the setting for a horror story, which is reminiscent of the script for the movie The Shining: a woman lived there alone, from childhood until her death. No wonder the mansion became famous for being haunted, inspiring legends, and terrifying local children. It’s Casa de Dona Yayá, the house arrest of an orphan with a tragic fate. A residence where important clans from São Paulo's past passed, the house had the traditional Melo Freire family as its last residents: the politician and farmer Manuel de Almeida Melo Freire, coming from Mogi das Cruzes, moved there in 1921 with his wife and four children. And it didn't take long for serial misfortunes to happen under that roof.  Little Sebastiana was one of Manuel's da…  ( 13 min )
    Model Trains Station in Taylors, South Carolina
    Model Trains Station in Taylors, South Carolina, is indeed a unique destination. They are located in a restored industrial park and to begin with, it is a spectacular place, the restoration is gorgeous. It's noticeably industrial but fully functional as a mixed-use space with restaurants, event spaces, and more. They feature over a dozen full displays of miniature train layouts. You could honestly spend days peering at these tiny worlds, seeing new things every time you look. There are hidden bits and little jokes in every display. It's extremely kid friendly, they even have several interactive setups specifically for children to operate. They also have a party room where they host birthday parties. Speaking of setups to operate, getting to play with the trains is not just for kids. They have dozens of spots where you can interact with the displays and even operate the trains themselves. There is an in-house repair shop and watching volunteers repair the trains is as interesting as the displays themselves. The volunteers are so enthusiastic and knowledgeable about the various displays and will take you all around pointing things out and telling you about the history of the place and the trains. They will give you as much or as little of a guided tour as you wish.  ( 13 min )
    Camp Etna in Etna, Maine
    On 27 acres along US Route 2 west of Bangor, you will find Camp Etna, home to the Etna Spiritualist Association.  It has been an American gathering center for mediums, healers, and others for close to 170 years. American spiritualism emerged in the late 1800s. Some early practitioners were proven as frauds, but the movement grew in the American Northeast. Records of meetings officially begin in 1876 but the camp’s history dates back to the 1840s. By 1876 spiritualists would arrive every summer for meetings and lectures from the leading thinkers of the day, with an entry fee of ten cents a day. The camp was born as some attendees put down firmer roots. The peak of the camp was in the early 1900s, with more than 130 cottages, with thousands attending summer camp activities.  The Etna Spiritualist Association was born in September 1919. The camp also was involved early in the women’s rights/feminist movement, with female camp members visible in many issues. Prominent visitors have included Harrison D. Barrett, the first president of the U.S. National Spiritualist Association, and U.S. Senator Margaret Chase Smith. The camp was given a Maine Governor’s Day proclamation in 1911.  In the camp, there is a large memorial stone for Mary S. Vanderbilt, who died in 1911. Her grave and headstone are in Barrett Square. Mary Drake Jenne worked with them from 1902 until Harrison passed to spirit in 1911 and Mary Vanderbilt in 1919. Mary Drake Jenne continued to be a worker for Spiritualism until her death in 1946. Visitors are welcome to park, explore, and even take the short downhill walk to Etna Pond to the north. There are many cottages throughout the camp, approximately 50, in various states of repair, centered around the camp green.  If interested in more on Camp Etna, see Mira Ptacin’s 2019 The In-Betweens: The Spiritualists, Medums, and Legends of Camp Etna.  ( 13 min )
    Galerías Plaza de las Estrellas in Mexico City, Mexico
    Opened in 1982, Galerías Plaza de las Estrellas was one of Mexico City's first indoor shopping malls. In order to stand out from its competitors, a Walk of Fame was installed inside. Some peculiar prints are to be found here, boxer Julio César Chávez left his right fist, for example. A TV presenter known mononymously as Facundo, famous for his provocative, often controversial gonzo reporting style, left one hand doing the ILY sign, while the other raises its middle finger. These make a fair amount of sense, but there are some that require more explanation. The character of El Compayito is somewhat similar to Triumph the Insult Comic Dog, as it is played by the performer's hand, with him voicing it almost like a ventriloquist. However, whereas Triumph was a puppet, Compayito was a bare ha…  ( 14 min )
    Royal Observatory Edinburgh in Edinburgh, Scotland
    Edinburgh has been a city known for its centuries of intellectual leadership, and which includes research into astronomy. The subject had been taught in Edinburgh since 1583, and in 1818, Playfair Observatory was built on Carlton Hill by the Astronomical Institution of Edinburgh. King George IV was sufficiently impressed with astronomy in Scotland that, when he visited in 1822, he designated Carlton Hill as the Royal Observatory. The first Astronomer Royal for Scotland, who managed the observatory, was Thomas Henderson. Appointed in 1834, Henderson was also known for being the first astronomer to measure the distances to stars using parallax (the slight shifting of the position of nearby stars relative to background stars seen when the Earth was in different locations in its orbit). Afte…  ( 14 min )
    Bench of Irony in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
    Anyone who has studied the assassination of President Lincoln or understands the background of the phrase “His name is mud (Mudd)” will understand the irony of this bench which is located across from the house where President Lincoln stayed before the Gettysburg Address. In 1865, Samuel Alexander Mudd Sr. was an American physician imprisoned for conspiring with John Wilkes Booth in the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln. “His name is mud.” is spoken of one regarded unfavorably and inaccurately associated with the 1865 Dr. Samuel Mudd, who treated John Wilkes Booth after Booth shot Lincoln. But the good news is while the initial thought might be “How inappropriate!”, this bench was actually placed with noble intentions to honor Gettysburg resident Samuel A. Mudd, who passed away in 2006. A member of the St. James Lutheran Church in Gettysburg, he was very involved with community service at the neighborhood, borough, and county levels. In 2006, Dr. Mudd was awarded the John Andrews Memorial Award for Community Service by Main Street Gettysburg. He was a founder of  From the Ground Up, a group of dedicated volunteers who collect litter throughout the borough. He was also one of the founders of the Hazel Alley Residents Association, a group dedicated to working with Gettysburg College students living off campus to create a safer, more cooperative, neighborhood. Dr. Mudd also contributed his time to the Seeds to Success program run by SCCAP. He served for many years on the Borough's Planning Commission.  ( 13 min )
    Podcast: The Italian War on Pasta
    Listen and subscribe on Stitcher, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all major podcast apps. In this episode of The Atlas Obscura Podcast, Gastro Obscura fellow and writer Sam Lin-Sommer tells us the story of the fascist war on pasta and its surprisingly delicious legacy. Our podcast is an audio guide to the world’s wondrous, awe-inspiring, strange places. In under 15 minutes, we’ll take you to an incredible site, and along the way you’ll meet some fascinating people and hear their stories. Join us daily, Monday through Thursday, to explore a new wonder with cofounder Dylan Thuras and a neighborhood of Atlas Obscura reporters.  ( 14 min )
    Puzzle Monday: Let Gravity Sort It Out
    Among our crosswords and other puzzles, we'll be featuring logic challenges from Puzzle Communication Nikoli, a cult-favorite puzzle publication from Japan. A PDF of the puzzle, as well as the solution, can be downloaded below. The name of the puzzle Dosun-Fuwari basically contains the instructions, with a little wink. Each word is considered onomatopoeia in Japan. Dosun represents heavy objects sinking, while fuwari is for light objects floating. It’s the only puzzle in the pages of Japan’s influential reader-driven puzzle magazine, Puzzle Communication Nikoli, that has this clever distinction. The puzzle was created in 2015 by the reader and puzzle creator with the pseudonym Longlife, who is responsible for several new puzzles over the last decade or so, including another popular o…  ( 13 min )
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    NRL Predictions for Round 18
    Team Ratings for Round 18 The basic method is described on my Department home page. Here are the team ratings prior to this week’s games, along with the ratings at the start of the season. Current Rating Rating at Season Start Difference Panthers 11.33 12.99 -1.70 Storm 7.60 11.21 -3.60 Eels 7.54 6.78 0.80 Rabbitohs […] NRL Predictions for Round 18 first appeared on Stats Chat.  ( 6 min )
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    Xing the 100k milestone
    Visit the post for more.  ( 6 min )
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    Xing the 100k milestone
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    "Through A Glass Darkly" In Asterisk Magazine
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    Four Cases for Panspermia
    Star formation peaked around 4Gyr after the Big Bang, Earth formed around 5.5Gyr later, and Earth is now 4.5Gyr old. The usual theory is that life arose within Earth’s first 0.4Gyr, but another possibility is that life first arose on a planet Eden around a star that formed near that 4Gyr peak. A rock then smashed into Eden, kicking off another rock holding life, which drifted to seed Earth’s stellar nursery.
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    Minnesota set for $652 million broadband windfall from federal infrastructure bill
    The cash is a staggering sum of money compared to prior state and federal spending on broadband internet access in Minnesota. It should help move the state closer to goals in state law for universal access.  ( 14 min )
    Has Minneapolis recorded nearly double the number of motor vehicle thefts in 2023 as compared to 2022?
    Yes. Minneapolis police have recorded 4,328 motor vehicle thefts as of June 25, 2023, compared to 2,388 by this time in 2022. Such thefts averaged 2,052 per year by this date over the past three years.  ( 6 min )
    U.S. Bank Stadium paid off two decades early
    Plus: Lunds & Byerlys union members to stage a work stoppage; attending the Reclaiming Our Identities powwow; MHD announces an alert about frozen oysters; former MPD Chief Tony Bouza dies; and more.  ( 7 min )
    In praise of walk-up windows, an emerging trend in the Twin Cities
    If done right, the walk-up window experience can be mildly revolutionary, forging light public connections that we desperately need.  ( 21 min )
    The school counselor pipeline is broken. Can new federal money fix it?
    Low pay and limited training pushes mental health professionals away from working with young people. But amid fears of a youth mental health crisis, the U.S. government is pumping new money into programs designed to help.  ( 28 min )
    Gay 90’s nightclub isn’t about sexuality, it’s about freedom
    As a foreign student from Yemen going to Gay 90’s for the first time I experienced some cultural challenges and because I don't drink (alcohol is forbidden in Yemen), when I went to Gay 90’s, I got “drunk” on actions instead.  ( 13 min )
    Jack Baker and Michael McConnell became the first same-sex couple in the U.S. to apply for a marriage license
    It was 1970, and Hennepin County clerk Gerald R. Nelson rejected their application.  ( 11 min )
    Why are so few condos built in the Twin Cities
    Minnesota is in a boom of multifamily housing, but there's nothing for people to buy.  ( 13 min )
    Can better online information for mental health crisis care help people avoid 911, ERs?
    While police officers and paramedics have some training in assisting individuals struggling with mental illness, these situations are often beyond their expertise, and in many cases, taking this route for assistance can be less direct or effective and sometimes dangerous.  ( 21 min )
    MinnPost is here to cut through the noise
    MinnPost’s journalists cut through the noisy bluster of modern politics and media to serve as your trusted guide to the critical challenges and opportunities facing our state.  ( 7 min )
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    Why Do You Write?
    Aristotle’s wisdom in times of generative AI worries.  ( 16 min )
    Make Writer’s Distraction Work for You
    Feed your brain the distractions you want it to have — and be more productive Continue reading on The Writing Cooperative »  ( 8 min )
    Fiction Writers Are Murderers
    How to write off your characters with care: 12 categories of common character deaths Continue reading on The Writing Cooperative »  ( 30 min )
    Q&A: ‘The Resident’ Creator Amy Holden Jones Looks Back at Her Long Career (Part 1 of 2)
    From turning down Steven Spielberg to directing a slasher for Roger Corman, the filmmaker had seemingly done it all before she was thirty… Continue reading on The Writing Cooperative »  ( 33 min )
    Writers Beware! Shocking Headlines Can Kill Your Career Momentum
    Getting attention is nice, but it needs to be the right kind of attention Continue reading on The Writing Cooperative »  ( 15 min )
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    Fired OSU postdoc charged with forgery admitted to faking data, feds say
    A cancer researcher who was terminated from one postdoc position and resigned another faked data in multiple papers and grant applications, according to the U.S. Office of Research Integrity.  ORI found that Yiorgos (Georgios) I. Laliotis “engaged in research misconduct by intentionally and knowingly falsifying and/or fabricating data, methods, results, and conclusions” in three published … Continue reading Fired OSU postdoc charged with forgery admitted to faking data, feds say  ( 7 min )
    Editor won’t investigate data concerns about paper linking anti-prostitution laws to increased rape
    After reading an economics paper that claimed to document an increase in the rate of rape in European countries following the passage of prostitution bans, a data scientist had questions.  The scientist, who wishes to remain anonymous, sent a detailed email to an editor of the Journal of Law and Economics, which had published the … Continue reading Editor won’t investigate data concerns about paper linking anti-prostitution laws to increased rape  ( 10 min )
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    A 25-Year-Old Bet about Consciousness Has Finally Been Settled
    A brain scientist and a philosopher have resolved a wager on consciousness that was made when Bill Clinton was president
    Solar Power Bails Out Texas Grid during Major Heat Wave
    Solar power has been crucial to keeping the power on in Texas while the state experiences a major heat wave, even as some politicians have attempted to make it more difficult to connect renewable energy to the grid
    Musk and Bezos Offer Humanity a Grim Future in Space Colonies
    Privately owned space colonies are more likely to be totalitarian nightmares than libertarian utopias
    Modern Hunter-Gatherers Have Thriving Gut Microbiome, Compared with Californians
    A Western lifestyle seems to diminish the diversity of gut microbes
    A Potentially Spectacular Comet Will Fly by Earth Next Year
    Professional and amateur astronomers alike are hoping that Comet C/2023 A3 will sparkle in Earth’s skies in the fall of 2024, although comets are notoriously difficult to predict
    Giant 'Gravity Hole' in the Ocean May Be the Ghost of an Ancient Sea
    A vast expanse of the Indian Ocean is a staggering 100 meters lower than the global average sea level because of a major dip in Earth’s gravity. Scientists now think they know the cause
    Poisons and Perils on the Salton Sea
    Toxic dust plagues marginalized communities on the shores of this disappearing salt lake.
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    It’s the malaise and gloom, not the anger
    From Omer Ali, Klaus Desmet, and Romain Wacziarg: We study whether anger fuels the rise of populism. Anger as an emotion tends to act as a call to action against individuals or groups that are blamed for negative situations, making it conducive to voting for populist politicians. Using a unique dataset tracking emotions for a […] The post It’s the malaise and gloom, not the anger appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.        Related Stories Long-term relatedness and income distribution A mild return for Danish phrenology? My Conversation with Noam Chomsky  ( 6 min )
    Monday assorted links
    1. Philosopher wins bet against neuroscientist. 2. Braunschweig! The list of important intellectual centers, and their ranking, is interesting more generally. 3. Nushi?  I don’t know anyone named Nushi. 4. Harry Markowitz, RIP (NYT) 5. Some economics of paying Wagner Group? 6. Claims about ChatGLM (the Chinese ChatGPT).  Further verification required. The post Monday assorted links appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments 女士. Madame. I notice 先生 (xian sheng/Mr) isn’t ... by Clay In reply to Prof. Emeritus. Hey, 3 billion here, 3 billion ... by M 4. Markowitz was inspired to study economics “in part by ... by rayward In reply to Prof. Emeritus. Yes, how do we know that Russia ... by Steven In reply to mkt42. There is some mention of it being a Hindu ... by Hazel Meade Plus 10 more...  ( 6 min )
    The Harried Leisure Class
    How easy is it for a male breadwinner to raise a family? Oren Cass argues that the cost of “thriving,” is increasing. That’s false. When you do the numbers correctly, Winship and Horpedahl show that the cost of thriving is falling. It’s falling more slowly than we would like–but it’s still the case that current […] The post The Harried Leisure Class appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments In reply to Floccina. More police doesn’t help much if you ... by Engineer In reply to Floccina. At least one difference is in those ... by EdR In reply to Time equals freedom. The only people I know who ... by California In reply to TMC. The more relevant point is that 1980 – or ... by gjk In reply to Michael Stack. Particularly when you consider the ... by OldCurmudgeon Plus 10 more... Related Stories Does Britain Have High or Low State Capacity? Is American Culture Becoming More Pro-Business? High Fructose Corn Syrup and the Sugar Quota  ( 8 min )
    Long-term relatedness and income distribution
    This article explores the role of long-term relatedness between countries, captured by an index of genetic distance, in driving worldwide differences in income inequality. The main hypothesis is that genetic distance gives rise to barriers to the international diffusion of redistributive policies and measures, and institutions, leading to greater income disparities. Using cross-country data, I […] The post Long-term relatedness and income distribution appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments In reply to dearieme. Once you pay back the Danegeld, you are ... by M What is amazing to me are places like Orania and Mennonite ... by MyTyrone Once the Danes start paying reparations for all their Viking ... by dearieme In reply to Steve Sailer. Good points. The study does have ... by Bill Allen In reply to Steve Sailer. I think genetic homogeneity also ... by Formerly K Plus 10 more... Related Stories Update on the War on Poverty A mild return for Danish phrenology? It’s the malaise and gloom, not the anger  ( 6 min )
    *Toward a Free Economy*
    The author is Aditya Balasubramanian and the subtitle is Swatantra and Opposition Politics in Democratic India.  Amartya Sen’s blurb says the following: Toward a Free Economy is a brilliant history of economic ideas in independent India. It provides a new view of the origins of conservatism in Indian politics, libertarian rather than authoritarian and committed […] The post *Toward a Free Economy* appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments “Democracy’s persistence in India is uncommon among ... by blue jay “Free” economy reminds me of Mr. Jefferson's idea of ... by rayward I met a pleasant young Indian guy, recently arrived on ... by peri Interesting overlap with Janos Kornai's manifesto for economic ... by Ant The one point sorely missing in modern Indian politics is a ... by Rahul Plus 3 more...  ( 7 min )
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    FTX Spent Big on Celebrity
    Also Bittrex customer claims, expert networks in China and fractional art trading.  ( 2 min )
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    Summer School on Advanced Bayesian Methods in Belgium
    (this post is by Charles) This September, the Interuniversity Institute for Biostatistics and statistical Bioinformatics is holding its 5th Summer School on Advanced Bayesian Methods. The event is set to take place in Leuven, Belgium. From their webpage: As before, the … Continue reading →  ( 9 min )
    Variation over time or across scenarios is more relevant than within-sample standard errors
    Kasper Planeta Kepp writes: This is perhaps of interest, as I saw you discussed these methods in your blog. The reason we don’t have confidence intervals on the linear regressions is that these are smaller than the uncertainty from time … Continue reading →  ( 9 min )
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    Day of AI curriculum meets the moment
    Global participation in MIT RAISE’s free K-12 program more than doubles in its second year.  ( 11 min )
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    %dofuture% – a Better foreach() Parallelization Operator than %dopar%
    Continue reading: %dofuture% – a Better foreach() Parallelization Operator than %dopar%  ( 23 min )
    R for Predictive Modeling and Data Visualization in Turkey
    Mustafa Cavus, organizer of the Eskisehir R User Group, in Turkey, discussed the diverse and thriving R community in Eskisehir. He shared the details of a 4-day event hosted by... Continue reading: R for Predictive Modeling and Data Visualization in Turkey  ( 14 min )
    Tidy Freedom Index as an R Package
    R and Shiny Training: If you find this blog to be interesting, please note that I offer personalized and group-based training sessions that may be reserved through Buy me a Coffee. Additionally, I provide training services in the Spanish language ... Continue reading: Tidy Freedom Index as an R Package  ( 9 min )
    Visualization in R: Unleashing the Power of the abline() Function
    Introduction Continue reading: Visualization in R: Unleashing the Power of the abline() Function  ( 10 min )
    The differences of left join in SQL and R
    Recently, I encountered a situation where I needed to translate an Access SQL query to R, and I noticed the contrasting behaviors of these two languages when it comes to handling NA/NULL values in left joins. The impact of NA/NULL values on joins... Continue reading: The differences of left join in SQL and R  ( 13 min )
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    tools.Я.us 06-26-23
    Durves “A tool for creating and exporting dot patterns...” StatiCrypt (github) 📌 “Password protect a static HTML page” Minimal Reader (github) 📌 “Simple browser-based ebook reader.” h123 - Accessibility HTML5 Outliner 📌 “bookmarklet that shows headings like a screenreader (Accessbility)” Glow “Render markdown on the CLI, with pizzazz! 💅🏻”  ( 1 min )
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    The Timemore Handheld Coffee Grinder Grinds as Well as a Burr Grinder and Is Under $100
    It cranks fast and easy, and has adjustable precision grinding.  ( 11 min )
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    AI for Akkadian
    Article by Melanie Lidman in The Times of Israel (6/17/23): Groundbreaking AI project translates 5,000-year-old cuneiform at push of a button ‘Google Translate’-like program for Akkadian cuneiform will enable tens of thousands of digitized but unread tablets to be translated to English. Accuracy is debatable. Opening and key paragraphs: Cuneiform is the oldest known form […]  ( 10 min )
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    My Extremely Preliminary and Unpublishable Research Results
    I asked my son to pilot test my research survey. Twice. I technically owe him $5, despite having just covered the security deposit on his Brooklyn apartment (he starts a Math Ph.D. program in NYC late August). As I detailed in a previous post, the survey asks participants to identify the race, ethnicity, and gender […]  ( 11 min )
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    Grothendieck--Galois--Brauer Theory (Part 1)
    I'm slowly cooking up a big stew of ideas connecting Grothendieck's Galois theory to the Brauer 3-group, the tenfold way, the foundations of quantum physics and more. Here's a tiny taste.  ( 16 min )
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    Grothendieck--Galois--Brauer Theory (Part 1)
    I'm slowly cooking up a big stew of ideas connecting Grothendieck's Galois theory to the Brauer 3-group, the tenfold way, the foundations of quantum physics and more. Here's a tiny taste.  ( 16 min )
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    Why Cancer Treatments Might Not Work Very Well for Older Adults
    Because older adults are under-represented in clinical trials, doctors can’t be certain that approved cancer drugs will work as intended in this age group. In the absence of high-quality evidence, researchers are looking for ways to improve medical decision-making and better predict outcomes based on age.  ( 15 min )
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    I have been killing off the honeybee population and I have been doing a great job of it
    I have been killing off the honeybee population and I have been doing a great job of it
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    This quick and easy green bean side dish comes together in just minutes with the help of your broiler and some Spanish romesco sauce. https://www.seriouseats.com/dry-fried-green-beans-with-romesco-sauce?taid=6498d533b5f172000141089e&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    This quick and easy green bean side dish comes together in just minutes with the help of your broiler and some Spanish romesco sauce. seriouseats.com/dry-fried-gr…
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    Alphabet Notes
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    BobWords on eggcorn
    RobWords for June 24, 2023: The word eggcorn was originally proposed in "Egg corns: folk etymology, malapropism, mondegreen, ???", 9/23/2003, and most recently discussed in "Ancient Eggcorns", 6/17/2023.  ( 6 min )
    Non-wheat food
    From John Rohsenow: qǐng wù zài běn cāntīng nèi jìnshí fēi Màiduōlè shípǐn huò yǐnliào 请勿在本餐厅内进食非麦多乐食品或饮料 "Please do not consume non-Madola food or drink in this restaurant" Pretty straightforward, eh?  Except that we have to explain that Madola (Màiduōlè 麦多乐 [lit., "wheat-much-music"]) is probably a local (fast) food brand trying to emulate McDonald's (Màidāngláo 麦当劳).  Madola […]  ( 7 min )
    Drainage issues
    Photograph taken in Hong Kong: The Chinese says: qúwù wèntí gù zhǐ néng zuò xiǎojiě   jìngqǐng hézuò渠務問題故只能作小解  敬請合作"Since there are drainage problems, can only be used for urination.  Your cooperation is respectfully requested."   BTW: GT:  "The drainage problem can only be explained briefly, please cooperate." Baidu Fanyi:  "Due to drainage issues, we can […]  ( 7 min )
    Use chili sparingly
    From AntC: Seen in a very typical (but delicious) corner eatery in downtown Hualien, Taiwan. Surprisingly idiomatic translation: "use sparingly" in Hualien GTranslate isn't so idiomatic; I'm not able to try DeepL — any better? I agree with AntC that "use sparingly" is a strikingly fine English expression, one that does not seem possible from a […]  ( 9 min )
    Phenomenology
    Nancy Kathryn Walecki, "Sound as Ever: Gram Parsons and Harvard’s hand in country rock", Harvard Magazine July-August 2023: During Parsons’s Burritos era, Thomas left Harvard to write his dissertation in a cabin on Mount Baldy outside Los Angeles. Now more of an older brother to Parsons than a proctor, he would take study breaks with […]  ( 8 min )
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    there is a pattern here
    there is a pattern here
    Trump up 5, DeSantis down 9 since April NBC poll. The indictment does not appear to have hurt Trump among Republican voters — in fact if anything, it has helped!
    Trump up 5, DeSantis down 9 since April NBC poll. The indictment does not appear to have hurt Trump among Republican voters — in fact if anything, it has helped! nitter.net/SteveKornacki/status/1672952793970409473#m
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    Donald Trump isn't a traditional candidate. @amyewalter argues that it is harder for traditional polls or campaigns to find the most compelling case against him. https://www.cookpolitical.com/analysis/national/national-politics/why-2024-gop-primary-isnt-2016
    Donald Trump isn't a traditional candidate. @amyewalter argues that it is harder for traditional polls or campaigns to find the most compelling case against him. cookpolitical.com/analysis/n…
    In the battle for the Senate, Washington Republicans are touting wounded Army veteran Sam Brown as a top-tier recruit in Nevada. But in-state GOP operatives have lingering doubts, @JessicaTaylor writes. https://www.cookpolitical.com/analysis/senate/nevada-senate/national-gop-eyes-brown-nevada-senate-state-skepticism-lingers
    In the battle for the Senate, Washington Republicans are touting wounded Army veteran Sam Brown as a top-tier recruit in Nevada. But in-state GOP operatives have lingering doubts, @JessicaTaylor writes. cookpolitical.com/analysis/s…
    "The independents who will make the difference in this election are deeply conflicted." @CharlieCookDC explains what keeps them wavering: https://www.cookpolitical.com/analysis/national/national-politics/despite-his-legal-perils-trumps-standing-among-independents
    "The independents who will make the difference in this election are deeply conflicted." @CharlieCookDC explains what keeps them wavering: cookpolitical.com/analysis/n…
    The latest in our state-by-state House series is Iowa, where Republicans start as favorites in all four seats after a clean sweep in 2022. https://www.cookpolitical.com/analysis/house/iowa-house/2024-house-race-analysis-iowa
    The latest in our state-by-state House series is Iowa, where Republicans start as favorites in all four seats after a clean sweep in 2022. cookpolitical.com/analysis/h…
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    *All Desire is a Desire for Being*
    A new collection of essays by Rene Girard: Edited by Cynthia L. Haven, self-recommending, buy it here. The post *All Desire is a Desire for Being* appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.        Related Stories My Conversation with Noam Chomsky What does Geoffrey Hinton believe about AGI existential risk? Rereading *Jane Eyre*  ( 6 min )
    Sunday assorted links
    1. AI plug-ins now boosting DeFi. 2. Charles Fain Lehman offers an update on America’s drug problem. 3. A defense of embryo selection. 4. A theory of degenerate autocracy.  And was Velina Tchakarova right all along? 5. Henry Petroski, RIP (NYT). 6. IPOs for paintings? (WSJ) 7. Ross Douthat argues for debating Kennedy (NYT).  And […] The post Sunday assorted links appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments In reply to John Smith. There are a few intuitions that let ... by OldCurmudgeon In reply to rsm. Because you are mentally ill or maybe you ... by EdR “4. […] And was Velina Tchakarova right all along?” ... by mkt42 In reply to TGGP. Japan's governance until WW 2 was a hybrid ... by mkt42 In reply to rsm. One of the things about inflation is that ... by the king of Texas Plus 10 more...  ( 6 min )
    What should I ask Paul Graham?
    Yes I will be doing a Conversation with him.  So what should I ask? The post What should I ask Paul Graham? appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments In Marc Andressen's CWT, Marc and Tyler discuss how the ... by corin wagen Is there a counter example to his general thesis of identifying ... by Sam Brown Paul has described Jessica as a good judge of character, and ... by Arvin Johansson Arbab In reply to Well. So much of it comes down to needing 500 ... by ABC In reply to knownastron. Do only cities send messages? What ... by Nick Plus 10 more... Related Stories What does Geoffrey Hinton believe about AGI existential risk? India bots to the rescue Web 3.0 has a future after all  ( 6 min )
    What does Geoffrey Hinton believe about AGI existential risk?
    I was struck by a recent article in the (often quite interesting) New Statesman.  Here is Harry Lambert interviewing Hinton: I asked Hinton for the strongest argument against his own position [on AGI risk]. “Yann thinks its rubbish,” he replied. “It’s all a question of whether you think that when ChatGPT says something, it understands […] The post What does Geoffrey Hinton believe about AGI existential risk? appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments In reply to sxb. I agree it's time to retire the paperclip ... by Tyle I think Hinton is wrong but I really appreciate his willingness ... by Ted It's becoming clear that with all the brain and consciousness ... by Grant Castillou In reply to Old Programmer. There are countless alternatives ... by Jonathan S Jump in a time machine to 1920. Start asking various folks if ... by aaron Plus 10 more... Related Stories *All Desire is a Desire for Being* What should I ask Paul Graham? Elephant tusks, incentives, and the sacred  ( 8 min )
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    definitely wrong
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    definitely wrong
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    "i would rather eat bull shit than listen to "Mmmbop" " - DRIL
    "i would rather eat bull shit than listen to "Mmmbop" " - DRIL
    R to @dril: Put the ai in a room with me for two seconds and i will teach it true pain. I will have it eating treats out of my hand like a dog
    Put the ai in a room with me for two seconds and i will teach it true pain. I will have it eating treats out of my hand like a dog
    Seeing this shit made me so angry i kicked the space under my computer desk hard enough to make my penis flop out of my shorts .
    Seeing this shit made me so angry i kicked the space under my computer desk hard enough to make my penis flop out of my shorts . nitter.net/nypost/status/1672996211001896963#m
    my nephew has an entirely shaved head except for a "Rat tail" style hairstyle in the back. he is 7'1" & wide. he is wearing my Family Tuxedo
    my nephew has an entirely shaved head except for a "Rat tail" style hairstyle in the back. he is 7'1" & wide. he is wearing my Family Tuxedo
    does any one know any celebs whose time i can waste for 3 hours by letting my nephew pitch something called "NFT Marijuana" to them
    does any one know any celebs whose time i can waste for 3 hours by letting my nephew pitch something called "NFT Marijuana" to them
    they say we got to pay child support when i an on here every day supporting you god damn children with my insightful posts
    they say we got to pay child support when i an on here every day supporting you god damn children with my insightful posts
    toughguy quotes website
    toughguy quotes website
    i dont care if about Candy Crush. If you show it to me on your phone i will throw your phone in the garbage!!!
    i dont care if about Candy Crush. If you show it to me on your phone i will throw your phone in the garbage!!!
    "Hey I saw you form across the room and I wanted to say just this. Remember you are loved. You are important. You are God" - dr. House MD
    "Hey I saw you form across the room and I wanted to say just this. Remember you are loved. You are important. You are God" - dr. House MD
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    Think beyond seafood—creamy, tangy, and briny tartar sauce is good on so many things. https://www.seriouseats.com/tartar-sauce-recipe?taid=6498b90fb5f1720001410364&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    Think beyond seafood—creamy, tangy, and briny tartar sauce is good on so many things. seriouseats.com/tartar-sauce…
    Versatile whipped feta cheese can be served as a dip, slathered on toasts and sandwiches, dolloped into soups, and more. https://www.seriouseats.com/whipped-feta-dip?taid=6498aae7aea4d200017cdb6f&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    Versatile whipped feta cheese can be served as a dip, slathered on toasts and sandwiches, dolloped into soups, and more. seriouseats.com/whipped-feta…
    Chicken breast's tendency to dry out has given it a bad reputation. But cooked properly, it can be juicy and flavorful. Here's how to treat it right. https://www.seriouseats.com/chicken-breast-recipes?taid=64989cd4aea4d200017cd85b&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    Chicken breast's tendency to dry out has given it a bad reputation. But cooked properly, it can be juicy and flavorful. Here's how to treat it right. seriouseats.com/chicken-brea…
    Skip the booze and cool off with these 17 nonalcoholic drink recipes. https://www.seriouseats.com/nonalcoholic-summer-drinks?taid=649880b6b021230001d20cdc&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    Skip the booze and cool off with these 17 nonalcoholic drink recipes. seriouseats.com/nonalcoholic…
    Puffy yeast-raised pita bread, perfect for splitting and filling with your choice of ingredients, is easy to make at home. https://www.seriouseats.com/perfect-pita-bread-recipe?taid=649872a5b5f172000140f6fc&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    Puffy yeast-raised pita bread, perfect for splitting and filling with your choice of ingredients, is easy to make at home. seriouseats.com/perfect-pita…
    You've got to try Spain's custardy, crunchy, and creamy way to turn toast into a decadent treat. https://www.seriouseats.com/torrijas-caramelizadas-spanish-french-toast?taid=6498567e3fba3a0001970df4&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    You've got to try Spain's custardy, crunchy, and creamy way to turn toast into a decadent treat. seriouseats.com/torrijas-car…
    Chicken piccata takes a beloved food—pan-fried chicken cutlets—and tops it with a simple but luxurious lemon-butter pan sauce. https://www.seriouseats.com/chicken-piccata-italian-fried-cutlet-recipe?taid=6498486c3fba3a0001970bc8&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    Chicken piccata takes a beloved food—pan-fried chicken cutlets—and tops it with a simple but luxurious lemon-butter pan sauce. seriouseats.com/chicken-picc…
    Guasacaca is the Venezuelan answer to guacamole, but with a brighter, tangier flavor. https://www.seriouseats.com/guasacaca-recipe?taid=64982c5529f1610001794328&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    Guasacaca is the Venezuelan answer to guacamole, but with a brighter, tangier flavor. seriouseats.com/guasacaca-re…
    What's the best substitute for buttermilk? We put a handful of common recommendations to the test. https://www.seriouseats.com/how-to-substitute-buttermilk?taid=649791a2b5f17200018b3a8c&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    What's the best substitute for buttermilk? We put a handful of common recommendations to the test. seriouseats.com/how-to-subst…
    From Korean fire chicken to Canadian poutine, our favorite snacks from around the world that are perfect for setting out for game day. https://www.seriouseats.com/savory-snacks-international?taid=649783a694a2e600017967bd&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    From Korean fire chicken to Canadian poutine, our favorite snacks from around the world that are perfect for setting out for game day. seriouseats.com/savory-snack…
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    Genuinely the first record my parents bought me 😀 “I never knew me a better time and I guess I never will”
    Genuinely the first record my parents bought me 😀 “I never knew me a better time and I guess I never will”
    RT by @SwissRamble: Enjoying Brandon Flowers with Elton John. #Glastonbury
    Enjoying Brandon Flowers with Elton John. #Glastonbury
    RT by @SwissRamble: Elton John, 1973
    Elton John, 1973
    Blown away by how good Chrissie Hynde sounded yesterday. Effortlessly cool ❤️
    Blown away by how good Chrissie Hynde sounded yesterday. Effortlessly cool ❤️
    I never knew that I needed Rick Astley and Blossoms covering The Smiths, but yesterday's set was absolutely joyous 👊
    I never knew that I needed Rick Astley and Blossoms covering The Smiths, but yesterday's set was absolutely joyous 👊
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    How I Use Bing Chat to Help Me Write Without Feeling Ashamed
    Stop feeling dirty about using AI in your writing workflow Continue reading on The Writing Cooperative »  ( 20 min )
    How to Craft Alliteration for Fun and Profit
    It’s the easiest way to attract readers and make your words stick Continue reading on The Writing Cooperative »  ( 14 min )
    So Much to Know About “So”
    Two uses of “so” and how to punctuate it in different instances Continue reading on The Writing Cooperative »  ( 13 min )
    Benefit VS Feature: The Secret to More Powerful Headlines
    Do you know the difference between features and benefits in headlines? It’s the difference between so-so and success. Continue reading on The Writing Cooperative »  ( 13 min )
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    Order Constraints in Bayes Models (with brms)
    Over a year ago, while listing to a very not-at-all-statistical podcast, I discovered that Bayesian modeling is widely used in archaeology since the mid 90s to calibrate carbon dating.1 Continue reading: Order Constraints in Bayes Models (with brms)  ( 40 min )
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    Two rival theories about the basis of perception went head-to-head in a series of neuroscience experiments, but advocates of the "losing" idea aren't conceding yet. https://scim.ag/37Q
    Two rival theories about the basis of perception went head-to-head in a series of neuroscience experiments, but advocates of the "losing" idea aren't conceding yet. scim.ag/37Q
    The idea behind thermal batteries is to feed surplus wind or solar electricity to a heating element, which boosts the temperature of a liquid metal bath or a graphite block to several thousand degrees. #ScienceMagArchives https://scim.ag/37K
    The idea behind thermal batteries is to feed surplus wind or solar electricity to a heating element, which boosts the temperature of a liquid metal bath or a graphite block to several thousand degrees. #ScienceMagArchives scim.ag/37K  ( 1 min )
    Bizarre six-legged creatures and other “surprising discoveries” are beginning to clarify evolution after the Biological Big Bang. https://scim.ag/37F
    Bizarre six-legged creatures and other “surprising discoveries” are beginning to clarify evolution after the Biological Big Bang. scim.ag/37F
    Soot from deadly Australian bushfires in 2019–20 may have tipped the world into a surprise La Niña. https://scim.ag/37z
    Soot from deadly Australian bushfires in 2019–20 may have tipped the world into a surprise La Niña. scim.ag/37z
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    A hybrid nanofiber gel described in @ScienceAdvances could act as an artificial scaffold for regenerating neural connections after spinal cord injury. https://scim.ag/37M
    A hybrid nanofiber gel described in @ScienceAdvances could act as an artificial scaffold for regenerating neural connections after spinal cord injury. scim.ag/37M
    Crops grown without sunlight could help feed astronauts bound for Mars, and someday supplement dinner plates on Earth. Learn more in this @NewsfromScience feature: https://scim.ag/37H
    Crops grown without sunlight could help feed astronauts bound for Mars, and someday supplement dinner plates on Earth. @NewsfromScience feature: scim.ag/37H
    Despite the importance of nonhuman primates, reference genomes have been sequenced in <10% of species. A new Science study presents high-quality reference genomes for 27 primate species, adding to available resources. https://scim.ag/37C #PrimateGenomes
    Despite the importance of nonhuman primates, reference genomes have been sequenced in <10% of species. scim.ag/37C #PrimateGenomes
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    David Wates has left Wycombe Wanderers after nine years to become Lead Physical Performance Coach @QPR Move reunites him with QPR boss Gareth Ainsworth, with whom he worked at Wycombe. #QPR https://trainingground.guru/bulletin-board
    David Wates has left Wycombe Wanderers after nine years to become Lead Physical Performance Coach @QPR #QPR trainingground.guru/bulletin…
    "I still get jokes about the Green Party thing, but I just lost faith in the two big parties. We lack leaders with empathy and emotional intelligence." Russell Martin https://trainingground.guru/articles/russell-martin-people,-purpose-(and-possession)-at-mk-dons
    "I still get jokes about the Green Party thing, but I just lost faith in the two big parties. We lack leaders with empathy and emotional intelligence." trainingground.guru/articles…
    Good message for Southampton fans here... "The more hard times you’ve been through, the more potential for beauty" ~ Russell Martin https://trainingground.guru/articles/russell-martin-people,-purpose-(and-possession)-at-mk-dons
    Good message for Southampton fans here... trainingground.guru/articles…
    "It started by reading this book (The Buddha, Geoff and Me), which is about a guy who’s at a low point and meets Geoff. No-one would realise that Geoff practices Buddhism - he smokes, he drinks and is just a good guy." Russell Martin #SaintsFC https://trainingground.guru/articles/russell-martin-people,-purpose-(and-possession)-at-mk-dons
    "It started by reading this book (The Buddha, Geoff and Me), which is about a guy who’s at a low point and meets Geoff. No-one would realise that Geoff practices Buddhism - he smokes, he drinks and is just a good guy." #SaintsFC trainingground.guru/articles…
    RT by @ground_guru: There’s a time we all have in our careers where you need someone to come off a bench and give you some help…slightly more difficult when you are on a public stage but how wonderful to see so many people step in to help 👌
    There’s a time we all have in our careers where you need someone to come off a bench and give you some help…slightly more difficult when you are on a public stage but how wonderful to see so many people step in to help 👌 nitter.net/BBCR1/status/1672738119064645632#m
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    Assuming the misconduct accusations in the "LLM aces MIT paper" are true, why does MIT allow so many dodgy clout chasers to be adjunct faculty?
    Assuming the misconduct accusations in the "LLM aces MIT paper" are true, why does MIT allow so many dodgy clout chasers to be adjunct faculty?  ( 1 min )
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    10 Great Underrated Horror Movies You Probably Haven’t Seen
    Next to comedies, more than any other, the horror genre has been historically critically undervalued, perceived unfairly as comic and dispensable. In spite of the validity of its devoted following, harsher critics go so far as to nullify horror’s purpose, snobbishly mocking it. What they’ve failed to recognise is, beyond the arbitrary artifice, these stories […]  ( 9 min )
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    Import coffee prices declined 2.6 percent for year ended May 2023, following large increases https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2023/import-coffee-prices-declined-2-6-percent-for-year-ended-may-2023-following-large-increases.htm #BLSdata
    Import coffee prices declined 2.6 percent for year ended May 2023, following large increases bls.gov/opub/ted/2023/import… #BLSdata
    There are projected to be 146,400 librarians in the year 2031! Stop by our booth today at #ALAAC23 to learn more about our career resources or check out our Occupational Outlook Handbook at https://www.bls.gov/ooh/education-training-and-library/librarians.htm#tab-1
    There are projected to be 146,400 librarians in the year 2031! Stop by our booth today at #ALAAC23 to learn more about our career resources or check out our Occupational Outlook Handbook at bls.gov/ooh/education-traini…
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    A Return (Again)
    About two years ago I wrote entitled “A Return”, upon moving to Princeton for a year (I was a Presidential Visiting Scholar at the Physics department). I reflected upon the fact that it was a return to a significant place from my past, where I’d been transformed in so many ways. Princeton was the first place I visited (not counting airports) in the USA, the location of my first postdoctoral appointment (at the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS)), and its was there that I did a deep enriching dive into the hubbub of Theoretical Physics, at one of the very top places in the world to do so.a post After that, I moved West, to Santa Barbara, where my next postdoc position was at the Institute for Theoretical Physics at the University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB), now called the KITP. I was very lucky to be able to go from one top place to another, and (as I’ve recently talked about in a BBC interview ) additionally, my field was in a delicious turmoil of activity and discovery. I was able to be a part of the maelstrom (the “Second Superstring Revolution”, and all the gifts it gave us, including better understanding of the role in quantum gravity of extended objects beyond strings (such as D-branes), the physics of quantum black holes, the tools to unlock the holographic nature of quantum gravity more generally (through AdS/CFT), and so on. (I've blogged about many of these topics here, so use the search tool for more.)here I’ve been known to say that Princeton was the place where I found my physics voice (Edward Witten was a key guide at that time). Well, to continue the theme, Santa Barbara (with its wonderful research group made up of people from both the KITP and the wider Physics Department) was the place where I started to learn how to use that voice to sing (with the guidance of Joe Polchinski (who sadly passed away a few years ago)). Well, as you may be guessing after that long introduction, I’m doing “A Return” again, but this time not with some boxes and suitcases of things for a year’s stay: I can now announce that I’ll be leaving the University of Southern California (USC) and (as of 1st July 2023) joining [...] Click to continue reading this post → The post appeared first on .A Return (Again)Asymptotia  ( 11 min )
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    RT by @tetraduzione: VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR #COLT2023 many authors are not able to make it to this year's COLT due to visa issues. as we are trying to avoid virtual presentations, these authors need to find someone who can present their talks / posters. pls sign up if you can help!!
    VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR #COLT2023 many authors are not able to make it to this year's COLT due to visa issues. as we are trying to avoid virtual presentations, these authors need to find someone who can present their talks / posters. pls sign up if you can help!!
    "And no, GPT-4 cannot get an MIT degree"
    "And no, GPT-4 cannot get an MIT degree" nitter.net/sauhaarda/status/1672714475659722754#m
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    Scientists correcting past mistakes (climate oscillation edition)
    John Williams writes: Here is an example of climate scientists pointing out that something they discovered doesn’t exist; seems like a good example for your blog. He’s linking to a post by Michael Mann, who writes: Two decades ago, in … Continue reading →  ( 13 min )
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    The greyhound racing industry has been implicated in the rise of drug resistance in hookworms—which can infect dogs and humans https://trib.al/fVyoe2Y
    The greyhound racing industry has been implicated in the rise of drug resistance in hookworms—which can infect dogs and humans trib.al/fVyoe2Y
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    Get your tickets!! We are on our way!! @OldNatlCentre @LennyMarcusNYC @CookieHull it’s a stone cold blast!!
    Get your tickets!! We are on our way!! @OldNatlCentre @LennyMarcusNYC @CookieHull it’s a stone cold blast!!
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    RT by @OptaAnalyst: Bruno Fernandes led the Premier League for: 🧙‍♂️ Chances created 🥅 xG assisted 🤝 Chances created for a specific teammate But he 'only' ended up with eight assists. So... 𝐀𝐫𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐧 𝐔𝐭𝐝 𝐌𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐁𝐫𝐮𝐧𝐨 𝐅𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐬? ✍️ @RyanRyanBenson
    Bruno Fernandes led the Premier League for: @RyanRyanBenson  ( 1 min )
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    RT by @pixelatedboat: Thanks Elon, really great stuff
    Thanks Elon, really great stuff

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    Compositional System Dynamics for Public Health
    Nathaniel Osgood will give a talk about category theory for public health software on Thursday June 29, 10:00-11:00 Pacific Time.  ( 3 min )
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    Compositional System Dynamics for Public Health
    Nathaniel Osgood will give a talk about category theory for public health software on Thursday June 29, 10:00-11:00 Pacific Time.  ( 3 min )
    Compositional System Dynamics for Public Health
    The Topos Institute has a colloquium every week. This time it’s by my old grad school pal Nate Osgood. He’s a computer scientist, he helped lead Canada’s COVID modeling effort… … and he is now spear-heading a project to develop software that uses ideas from category theory to make it easier to create models of […]  ( 8 min )
    A busy and contentious week in condensed matter physics
    There were a couple of interesting and controversial things afoot this week in the condensed matter world. There was a new from the group of at the University of Illinois Chicago featuring electronic transport measurements in samples of the made from Lu-N-H, samples synthesized by the group of .  This was mentioned as a potential confirmation of the room temperature superconductivity result by the .  Plotting the full raw data that goes with the new preprint, however, certainly gives many people (including me) pause.  The raw resistance vs temperature sweep traces have unphysically narrow (in temperature) drops to and rises from zero, as shown.  Obviously I don't know with complete certainty, but this looks exactly like what would be seen if one of the contacts was bad.  Time will tel…  ( 10 min )
    Find The Move
    Blitz games on the internet are a lot of fun, if you love chess as I do. Perhaps a good share of the fun is due to the complete chaos that may arise, when you have few seconds left on the clock and decisions have to be taken instantly. But sometimes you may happen to play correct chess, too. It is exceedingly rare, and when it happens it is a good indication that you have been able to hold on to clear strategic ideas leading your play into the correct decisions. read more  ( 5 min )
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    Talk about throwing someone under the bus! Even the non-godfathers of AI are at war.
    Talk about throwing someone under the bus! Even the non-godfathers of AI are at war. nitter.net/NeilDeshmukh/status/1672714015133544449#m
    The godfathers of AI have always been at war. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlXzufEk-2E
    The godfathers of AI have always been at war. piped.video/watch?v=mlXzufEk…
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    a journal of the conquest, war, famine, and death year
    Read both following volumes of Peter May’s Lewis trilogy, The Lewis Man and The Chessmen. The stories remain focussed on the same few characters as in the first volume, with some predictable developments and a rather heavy borrowing to the local history in the shape of a peat-bog mommy or a plane crash. And of […]  ( 7 min )
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    a journal of the conquest, war, famine, and death year
    Read both following volumes of Peter May’s Lewis trilogy, The Lewis Man and The Chessmen. The stories remain focussed on the same few characters as in the first volume, with some predictable developments and a rather heavy borrowing to the local history in the shape of a peat-bog mommy or a plane crash. And of […]  ( 7 min )
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    Brewing hot drip coffee directly onto ice is one of the best ways to make iced coffee, and it couldn't be easier. https://www.seriouseats.com/japanese-style-iced-coffee?taid=6497677f94a2e60001796221&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    Brewing hot drip coffee directly onto ice is one of the best ways to make iced coffee, and it couldn't be easier. seriouseats.com/japanese-sty…
    While often made with pork, the French spread called rillettes is even more elegant (and easy) to make with salmon. https://www.seriouseats.com/salmon-rillettes-recipe?taid=6497597494a2e6000179602e&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    While often made with pork, the French spread called rillettes is even more elegant (and easy) to make with salmon. seriouseats.com/salmon-rille…
    Our favorite tips for elevating boxed brownies to a level you didn’t even think was possible. https://www.seriouseats.com/how-to-make-box-brownies-better-7229778?taid=64974b5929f161000179248a&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    Our favorite tips for elevating boxed brownies to a level you didn’t even think was possible. seriouseats.com/how-to-make-…
    These thin and lacy cookies are oh-so-slightly crisp around the edges, with chewy middles that are nutty and rich. https://www.seriouseats.com/lacy-brown-butter-and-ricotta-cookies?taid=64972f3a29f1610001791d9b&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    These thin and lacy cookies are oh-so-slightly crisp around the edges, with chewy middles that are nutty and rich. seriouseats.com/lacy-brown-b…
    Queso fresco is a delicious, milky, fresh cheese that is a breeze to make. It doesn't melt, so it's a great cheese for grilling in cubes or slices, and is awesome crumbled over soups or salads. https://www.seriouseats.com/queso-fresco-easy-cheese-recipe?taid=64972138aea4d200017c7751&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    Queso fresco is a delicious, milky, fresh cheese that is a breeze to make. It doesn't melt, so it's a great cheese for grilling in cubes or slices, and is awesome crumbled over soups or salads. seriouseats.com/queso-fresco…
    Peeling and slicing mangoes can be tricky: They're slippery, the pit is awkward, and the skin doesn't want to peel from the fruit easily. Here's the best way to do it neatly. https://www.seriouseats.com/how-to-cut-a-mango?taid=6497050fb021230001d1c93f&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    Peeling and slicing mangoes can be tricky: They're slippery, the pit is awkward, and the skin doesn't want to peel from the fruit easily. Here's the best way to do it neatly. seriouseats.com/how-to-cut-a…
    This is how you make fettuccine Alfredo like the Romans. It's an incredibly simple and quick dish with only a few key ingredients: pasta, butter, and cheese. https://www.seriouseats.com/fettuccine-alfredo-sauce-italian-pasta-recipe?taid=6496f6f93fba3a0001604875&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    This is how you make fettuccine Alfredo like the Romans. It's an incredibly simple and quick dish with only a few key ingredients: pasta, butter, and cheese. seriouseats.com/fettuccine-a…
    Here’s why we seriously advise against bamboo cutting boards—and what to buy instead (with tested recommendations). https://www.seriouseats.com/are-bamboo-cutting-boards-good-7511304?taid=6496dadcb021230001d1ba95&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    Here’s why we seriously advise against bamboo cutting boards—and what to buy instead (with tested recommendations). seriouseats.com/are-bamboo-c…
    An improved setup for skewers brings these grilled wings closer to the heat, while a marinade based on Turkish hot pepper paste infuses them with roasted-chili flavor. https://www.seriouseats.com/grilled-turkish-wings-recipe?taid=6496402294a2e600019fd4f7&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    An improved setup for skewers brings these grilled wings closer to the heat, while a marinade based on Turkish hot pepper paste infuses them with roasted-chili flavor. seriouseats.com/grilled-turk…
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    Compositional System Dynamics for Public Health
    The Topos Institute has a colloquium every week. This time it’s by my old grad school pal Nate Osgood. He’s a computer scientist, he helped lead Canada’s COVID modeling effort… … and he is now spear-heading a project to develop software that uses ideas from category theory to make it easier to create models of […]  ( 8 min )
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    Prigozhin is going to Belarus, where he will live on a big farm in the country and play all day with the other hot dog salesmen.
    Prigozhin is going to Belarus, where he will live on a big farm in the country and play all day with the other hot dog salesmen. nitter.net/DanielBerman2/status/1672702894523535361#m
    RT by @losthunderlads: All crime is legal 6pm - 8am.
    All crime is legal 6pm - 8am.
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    Galeev rises to the occasion, as we all knew he would:
    Galeev rises to the occasion, as we all knew he would: nitter.net/kamilkazani/status/1672587528413519872#m
    RT by @losthunderlads: Cable networks: I’m a longtime Russia & Ukraine expert available for interviews. Sample opinion: “This shit is seriously fucked up, there’s no telling what is going to happen, that’s for fucking sure.”
    Cable networks: I’m a longtime Russia & Ukraine expert available for interviews. Sample opinion: “This shit is seriously fucked up, there’s no telling what is going to happen, that’s for fucking sure.”
    RT by @losthunderlads: You’re laughing? A bald hot dog salesman named Yevgeny who’s also a billionaire is trying to kill a slightly less bald billionaire he used to work for with a 25,000-man mercenary force and you’re laughing?
    You’re laughing? A bald hot dog salesman named Yevgeny who’s also a billionaire is trying to kill a slightly less bald billionaire he used to work for with a 25,000-man mercenary force and you’re laughing?
    RT by @losthunderlads: the classic "hot dog salesman to supermarket mogul to mercenary army" arc
    the classic "hot dog salesman to supermarket mogul to mercenary army" arc
    I sampled some RC Cola a few weeks ago. It wasn't bad, but I will always be a Protestant.
    I sampled some RC Cola a few weeks ago. It wasn't bad, but I will always be a Protestant. nitter.net/Super70sSports/status/1672392725222637569#m
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    Writing the First Story in Your Memoirs
    Memoir is truth — as you remember it Continue reading on The Writing Cooperative »  ( 13 min )
    Revive and Thrive: How You Can Transform Old Content into Timeless Masterpieces
    Updating old content as an effective content generation strategy Continue reading on The Writing Cooperative »  ( 15 min )
    My 5 Tips for Writing Short Stories
    Why swim at the surface when you can dive straight in? Continue reading on The Writing Cooperative »  ( 22 min )
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    Scientists have delineated how a biochemical modification enables macrophages to neutralize and clear out the bacterium responsible for #tuberculosis–a discovery that could facilitate therapeutic research for this widespread health burden. @SciSignal https://scim.ag/37y
    Scientists have delineated how a biochemical modification enables macrophages to neutralize and clear out the bacterium responsible for #tuberculosis–a discovery that could facilitate therapeutic research for this widespread health burden. @SciSignal scim.ag/37y
    "Absurd statements … are a trap for scientists." Scientists shouldn’t debate gaslighters, argues @hholdenthorp in a new Editor's Blog post. https://scim.ag/37t
    "Absurd statements … are a trap for scientists." @hholdenthorp in a new Editor's Blog post. scim.ag/37t
    Artificial light at night has variable and complex impacts on plants and animals, disrupting entire ecosystems, according to a new #ScienceReview. https://scim.ag/37k #LightPollution
    Artificial light at night has variable and complex impacts on plants and animals, disrupting entire ecosystems, according to a new #ScienceReview. scim.ag/37k #LightPollution
    New @SciSignal research in rodents deciphers how infections with #SARSCoV2 in the lungs generate systemic antiviral responses—and suggests that these responses may help limit the virus from spreading to other organs. #COVID19 https://scim.ag/37f
    New @SciSignal research in rodents deciphers how infections with #SARSCoV2 in the lungs generate systemic antiviral responses—and suggests that these responses may help limit the virus from spreading to other organs. #COVID19 scim.ag/37f
    Rats enjoy music at the same beat as humans, according to a @ScienceAdvances study, hinting at inherent neural processing across species. Learn more: https://scim.ag/37d
    Rats enjoy music at the same beat as humans, according to a @ScienceAdvances study, hinting at inherent neural processing across species. scim.ag/37d
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    Last year, a seagrass meadow stemming from a single hybrid plant extended its reach across more than 180 kilometers—an area the size of Washington, D.C. #ScienceMagArchives https://scim.ag/37v
    Last year, a seagrass meadow stemming from a single hybrid plant extended its reach across more than 180 kilometers—an area the size of Washington, D.C. #ScienceMagArchives scim.ag/37v
    A technique based on #AI can translate brain scans into words and sentences. https://scim.ag/37q
    A technique based on #AI can translate brain scans into words and sentences. scim.ag/37q
    An analysis of the oldest human remains found in Puerto Rico shed light on the lives and rituals of the island’s early inhabitants. https://scim.ag/37h
    An analysis of the oldest human remains found in Puerto Rico shed light on the lives and rituals of the island’s early inhabitants. scim.ag/37h
    The discovery may explain how the widespread soil-dwelling microorganisms, which otherwise rely on an exhausting wriggle to move, ended up around the world today. https://scim.ag/37g
    The discovery may explain how the widespread soil-dwelling microorganisms, which otherwise rely on an exhausting wriggle to move, ended up around the world today. scim.ag/37g
    A new survey shows few societies are pulling out of U.S. states affected by abortion bans and anti-LGBTQ+ laws, but many are implementing safety measures for their members. https://scim.ag/37e
    A new survey shows few societies are pulling out of U.S. states affected by abortion bans and anti-LGBTQ+ laws, but many are implementing safety measures for their members. scim.ag/37e
    Surgeon Paolo Macchiarini, who was once hailed as a pioneer of stem cell medicine, was found guilty of gross assault against three of his patients today and sentenced to 2 years and 6 months in prison by an appeals court in Stockholm. https://scim.ag/37c
    Surgeon Paolo Macchiarini, who was once hailed as a pioneer of stem cell medicine, was found guilty of gross assault against three of his patients today and sentenced to 2 years and 6 months in prison by an appeals court in Stockholm. scim.ag/37c
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    Heat waves kill more people than any other type of severe weather in the U.S. And climate change is making them more frequent and unpredictable https://trib.al/gaAMMXn
    Heat waves kill more people than any other type of severe weather in the U.S. And climate change is making them more frequent and unpredictable trib.al/gaAMMXn
    To better understand early pregnancy loss without using actual human embryos, scientists employed stem cells to create models that mimic this stage of development https://trib.al/myjLXAa
    To better understand early pregnancy loss without using actual human embryos, scientists employed stem cells to create models that mimic this stage of development trib.al/myjLXAa
    It takes a lot of water and energy to make negronis, manhattans and margaritas. Could we do with less ice? https://trib.al/aAI30uz
    It takes a lot of water and energy to make negronis, manhattans and margaritas. Could we do with less ice? trib.al/aAI30uz
    Physicists knew black holes eventually disappear particle by particle. Now they think everything else does, too https://trib.al/Bbb2hPY
    Physicists knew black holes eventually disappear particle by particle. Now they think everything else does, too trib.al/Bbb2hPY
    Experts explain why tick-borne illnesses are increasing in the U.S. and offer tips to prevent bites https://trib.al/8XOA57P
    Experts explain why tick-borne illnesses are increasing in the U.S. and offer tips to prevent bites trib.al/8XOA57P
    The Supreme Court decision that overturned Roe v. Wade is impacting health care well beyond abortion in states that have banned the practice https://trib.al/PouousS
    The Supreme Court decision that overturned Roe v. Wade is impacting health care well beyond abortion in states that have banned the practice trib.al/PouousS
    Gas stoves pollute homes with benzene, emitting more of the known carcinogen than present in secondhand smoke, according to a new study. https://trib.al/JO1HH5U
    Gas stoves pollute homes with benzene, emitting more of the known carcinogen than present in secondhand smoke, according to a new study. trib.al/JO1HH5U
    Nearly 100 years ago a young astronomer named Cecilia Payne changed the way we see the stars in the sky because she was able to look into their burning heart and see something no one else ever had https://trib.al/IN4tlA6
    Nearly 100 years ago a young astronomer named Cecilia Payne changed the way we see the stars in the sky because she was able to look into their burning heart and see something no one else ever had trib.al/IN4tlA6
    Magnetic fields help to explain why some stars are spinning more slowly than astronomers thought they should https://trib.al/rpY5qku
    Magnetic fields help to explain why some stars are spinning more slowly than astronomers thought they should trib.al/rpY5qku
    The coin rotation paradox flummoxed SAT test writers even though we encounter this math problem every day https://trib.al/2Q1ygVQ
    The coin rotation paradox flummoxed SAT test writers even though we encounter this math problem every day trib.al/2Q1ygVQ
    Your body has a secret cooling method, and scientists explain how to use it https://trib.al/dtN3TgR
    Your body has a secret cooling method, and scientists explain how to use it trib.al/dtN3TgR
    Researchers found high levels of the carcinogen benzene in California and Colorado homes that used gas stoves https://trib.al/zpSs1di
    Researchers found high levels of the carcinogen benzene in California and Colorado homes that used gas stoves trib.al/zpSs1di
    The drug metformin cut long COVID risk by 41 percent in both people who were overweight and those with obesity. https://trib.al/pp7M4ta
    The drug metformin cut long COVID risk by 41 percent in both people who were overweight and those with obesity. trib.al/pp7M4ta
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    Is “Lab Leak” now proven?
    The WSJ ran a widely discussed article a few days ago, and many people have concluded that the Lab Leak hypothesis is now confirmed.  I’ve now read the piece, and I don’t see relevant new information in there.  The New York Times ran a rebuttal of sorts, with this as one key paragraph: Recent news […] The post Is “Lab Leak” now proven? appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments In reply to Well. Yeah, no. The molecular epidemiology of ... by RAD In reply to Formerly K. @Random Walker Wait until he's the ... by Formerly K In reply to Formerly K. “As it stands, I still think Trump ... by Random Walker In reply to S. Byerley. Rob meet anooj he is coming in hot ... by the king of texas In reply to Steve. Right, and the WIV with a secret ... by RAD Plus 10 more... Related Stories Does Britain Have High or Low State Capacity? UK NHS fact of the day Russia fact of the day  ( 7 min )
    Does Britain Have High or Low State Capacity?
    Tim Harford writing at the FT covers the question “Is it even possible to prepare for a pandemic?” drawing on my paper with Tucker Omberg. [I]n an unsettling study published late last year, the economists Robert Tucker Omberg and Alex Tabarrok took a more sophisticated look at this question and found that “almost no form […] The post Does Britain Have High or Low State Capacity? appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments to be fair the postmodern gender theorists spent the entirety ... by community notes In reply to Fazal Majid. I mean, just as a statistical ... by M In reply to M. It's not surprising at all, it depends on what ... by Fazal Majid In reply to Heedless. Partly probably, though Berlin or ... by M In reply to Anti-Markovnikov. “As a UK resident, I think we ... by dearieme Plus 10 more... Related Stories The Road to Socialism and Back: An Economic History of Poland, 1939–2019 Is “Lab Leak” now proven? High Fructose Corn Syrup and the Sugar Quota  ( 8 min )
    Rereading *Jane Eyre* (the experiment kiss)
    Jane narrates: She pushed me towards him. I thought Diana very provoking, and felt uncomfortably confused; and while I was thus thinking and feeling, St. John bent his head; his Greek face was brought to a level with mine, his eyes questioned my eyes piercingly–he kissed me. There are no such things as marble kisses […] The post Rereading *Jane Eyre* (the experiment kiss) appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments In reply to Henry Oliver. Wait, what? I thought he couldn't ... by peri In reply to Hmmmmmm. We believe Love Is Love. You bigot. by In this country In reply to Frank. I'll say “Donner Party” is possibly ... by Moral Panic In reply to Infovores. Thank you! by Henry Oliver In reply to Leslie. This is a really interesting paper and I ... by Henry Oliver Plus 10 more... Related Stories The Road to Socialism and Back: An Economic History of Poland, 1939–2019 My Conversation with Noam Chomsky Game theory and the First World War  ( 6 min )
    When should you debate in oral public forums?
    That is the topic of my latest Bloomberg column, here is one bit: As a general rule, one should not debate publicly with conspiracy theorists. Some conspiracies may be true and should not be dismissed out of hand. But any discussion needs to start by demanding the best available documented evidence, and then subjecting it to rigorous […] The post When should you debate in oral public forums? appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments In reply to Ricky. I wouldn't exaggerate like that, but there ... by harold In reply to peri. I think you'll find, after careful ... by harold “one should not debate publicly with conspiracy theorists.” ... by dearieme How many medical slash health groups, associations, ... by God of Thunder In reply to ThatsNotAll. “He has twisted Adam Smith's ... by blue jay Plus 10 more...  ( 7 min )
    What game theory predicts
    In most of the equilibria I can conceive, either Prighozin or Putin has to die in the next week or less? Putin has to die if he can’t take out Prighozin promptly? Game theory is often wrong, but it is worth putting this prediction out there.  And here is Kamil Galeev on the most likely […] The post What game theory predicts appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments In reply to Formerly K. Why do people persist with ... by surfie In reply to Luka. I think China has a vested interest in ... by Andao In reply to blue jay. ” At the very least he might hope to ... by blue jay In reply to Christof. A negotiated compromise was not given ... by RAD In reply to james. In the last weeks Russians were preparing ... by Prof. Emeritus Plus 10 more... Related Stories Game theory and the First World War  ( 6 min )
    Russia fact of the day
    Prigozhin's Kremlin coup is causing the Russian ruble to crash. 93.9 rubles per USD at Tinkoff Bank. 91.77 at Alfa Bank. The ruble closed at 84/USD on Friday just hours ago. — Igor Sushko (@igorsushko) June 24, 2023 The post Russia fact of the day appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments The big question now is whether Wagner actually exchanged ... by aaron In reply to Bill Allen. OMG, someone posted bullshit on ... by Karl Pooper First Galeev, now Sushko. Do you follow anyone on Russia ... by Widmerpool In reply to European Troll. AP Wagner: “Pypa (Putin) made ... by M How the west keeps falling for Prigozhin‘s trolling is beyond ... by European Troll Plus 10 more... Related Stories China (Germany) fact of the day Will Kenya take the lead in carbon removal? UK NHS fact of the day  ( 6 min )
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    people who take loud facetime calls in the subway deserve to be put in the titan submersible
    people who take loud facetime calls in the subway deserve to be put in the titan submersible
    R to @gelliottmorris: that is, of course, if you’re trying to be a huge nerd about this. in reality it’s simply just wise not to get in a submersible tube controlled by a fucking video game controller
    that is, of course, if you’re trying to be a huge nerd about this. in reality it’s simply just wise not to get in a submersible tube controlled by a fucking video game controller
    R to @gelliottmorris: scenario is $1bn upon resurfacing. we play the odds by assuming the worst-case scenario (death): titan had been to the titanic 3 times, so you have a 3/4 chance of getting $1bn and a 1/4 chance of being crushed to death, conditional on failure. it is not logical to take the risk
    scenario is $1bn upon resurfacing. we play the odds by assuming the worst-case scenario (death): titan had been to the titanic 3 times, so you have a 3/4 chance of getting $1bn and a 1/4 chance of being crushed to death, conditional on failure. it is not logical to take the risk
    R to @gelliottmorris: [amount of happiness i could buy with a billion dollars relative to happiness today] < [amount of happiness i would lose by being crushed to death by approx. 400 atm of pressure]
    [amount of happiness i could buy with a billion dollars relative to happiness today] < [amount of happiness i would lose by being crushed to death by approx. 400 atm of pressure]
    you could not have paid me enough money to go in the titanic sub
    you could not have paid me enough money to go in the titanic sub
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    Women in Engineering: giving Porsche 911s the ‘ultimate’ makeover https://go.nature.com/3NI8uKf
    Women in Engineering: giving Porsche 911s the ‘ultimate’ makeover go.nature.com/3NI8uKf
    Health-equity work requires thinking about strengths and assets instead of just disadvantages, says @DrAlethaMaybank https://go.nature.com/3qZfR84
    Health-equity work requires thinking about strengths and assets instead of just disadvantages, says @DrAlethaMaybank go.nature.com/3qZfR84
    Women in engineering: using hydrology to manage Jordan’s scarce water https://go.nature.com/46dLP0J
    Women in engineering: using hydrology to manage Jordan’s scarce water go.nature.com/46dLP0J
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    We just landed in Nashville!! What here in your city!! Come through tonight at the Polk Theater at 7pm!
    We just landed in Nashville!! What here in your city!! Come through tonight at the Polk Theater at 7pm!
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    RT by @OptaAnalyst: Best Free Transfers The end of June is approaching, which means all over Europe, players are nearing the end of their contracts. We picked 11 of the best options that your club could sign for nothing this summer. 🆓🆓🆓 https://theanalyst.com/eu/2023/06/11-best-players-available-free-transfer-2023/
    Best Free Transfers theanalyst.com/eu/2023/06/11…  ( 1 min )
    Transfer Questions — How to replace Rice and Kane? — Who should Man Utd sign at centre-back? — Is Tonali good value for Newcastle? We used our Opta Player Radars to find out ⬇️ https://theanalyst.com/eu/2023/06/opta-player-radars-answering-five-questions/
    Transfer Questions theanalyst.com/eu/2023/06/op…
    RT by @OptaAnalyst: Why Everyone Wants Moises Caicedo 💰 🔵 Outstanding defensive numbers 🔵 Press resistant on the ball 🔵 A box-to-box machine We profile one of the most sought-after Premier League midfielders 📊👇
    Why Everyone Wants Moises Caicedo 💰 🔵 Outstanding defensive numbers 🔵 Press resistant on the ball 🔵 A box-to-box machine We profile one of the most sought-after Premier League midfielders 📊👇
    Bayern Munich are apparently going striker shopping this summer in an attempt to finally replace the goals of Robert Lewandowski. 💶⚽️ ✍️@DavidSegar_ has taken a look at the forwards being linked to see who might be the best fit at the Allianz Arena. https://theanalyst.com/eu/2023/06/which-striker-should-bayern-sign-to-replace-lewandowski/
    Bayern Munich are apparently going striker shopping this summer in an attempt to finally replace the goals of Robert Lewandowski. 💶⚽️ @DavidSegar_ has taken a look at the forwards being linked to see who might be the best fit at the Allianz Arena. theanalyst.com/eu/2023/06/wh…
    ✅ Overperformance compared to xG in attack ✅ Overperformance compared to XGOT in defence ✅ Second-oldest average starting XI in the Premier League last season Is what Marco Silva is doing at Fulham sustainable? https://theanalyst.com/eu/2023/06/marco-silva-fulham-overperforming-ageing-sustainable/
    ✅ Overperformance compared to xG in attack theanalyst.com/eu/2023/06/ma…
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    Catch up on all the new #BLSdata and publications that came out this week! https://www.bls.gov/opub/update.htm
    Catch up on all the new #BLSdata and publications that came out this week! bls.gov/opub/update.htm
    Ready to see our new set of posters for educators? Stop by our booth at #ALAAC23 for a special preview! What occupations do you think were featured for Social Studies, Reading, and Math classroom? Hint: https://www.bls.gov/k12/students/careers/career-exploration.htm
    Ready to see our new set of posters for educators? Stop by our booth at #ALAAC23 for a special preview! What occupations do you think were featured for Social Studies, Reading, and Math classroom? Hint: bls.gov/k12/students/careers…
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    How to break down colour variable in sjPlot::plot_model into equally-sized bins
    Whereas the direction of main effects can be interpreted from the sign of the estimate, the interpretation of interaction effects often requires plots. This task is facilitated by the R package sjPlot (Lüdecke, 2022). For instance, using the plot_model function, I plotted the interaction between two continuous variables. library(lme4) #> Loading required package: Matrix library(sjPlot) #> Learn more about sjPlot with 'browseVignettes("sjPlot")'. library(ggplot2) theme_set(theme_sjplot()) # Create data partially based on code by Ben Bolker # from https://stackoverflow.com/a/38296264/7050882 set.seed(101) spin = runif(800, 1, 24) trait = rep(1:40, each = 20) ID = rep(1:80, each = 10) testdata boundary (singular) fit: see help('isSingular') plot_model(fit, type = 'pred', terms = c('spin', 'trait')) #> Warning: Ignoring unknown parameters: linewidth ... Continue reading: How to break down colour variable in sjPlot::plot_model into equally-sized bins  ( 15 min )
    How to break up colour variable in sjPlot into equally-sized bins
    Whereas the direction of main effects can be interpreted from the sign of the estimate, the interpretation of interaction effects often requires plots. This task is facilitated by the R package sjPlot (Lüdecke, 2022). For instance, using the plot_model function, I plotted the interaction between two continuous variables. library(lme4) #> Loading required package: Matrix library(sjPlot) library(ggplot2) theme_set(theme_sjplot()) # Create data using code by Ben Bolker from # https://stackoverflow.com/a/38296264/7050882 set.seed(101) spin = runif(600, 1, 24) reg = runif(600, 1, 15) ID = rep(c("1","2","3","4","5", "6", "7", "8", "9", "10")) day = rep(1:30, each = 10) testdata Warning: Ignoring unknown parameters: linewidth ... Continue reading: How to break up colour variable in sjPlot into equally-sized bins  ( 14 min )
    How to map more informative values onto fill argument of sjPlot::plot_model
    Whereas the direction of main effects can be interpreted from the sign of the estimate, the interpretation of interaction effects often requires plots. This task is facilitated by the R package sjPlot (Lüdecke, 2022). For instance, using the plot_model function, I plotted the interaction between a continuous variable and ... Continue reading: How to map more informative values onto fill argument of sjPlot::plot_model  ( 13 min )
    How to visually assess the convergence of a mixed-effects model by plotting various optimizers
    To assess whether convergence warnings render the results invalid, or on the contrary, the results can be deemed valid in spite of the warnings, Bates et al. (2023) suggest refitting models affected by convergence warnings with a variety of optimizers. The authors argue that, if the different optimizers produce practically-equivalent results, ... Continue reading: How to visually assess the convergence of a mixed-effects model by plotting various optimizers  ( 16 min )
    Student’s t-test explained with R and Pokemon
    R and Shiny Training: If you find this blog to be interesting, please note that I offer personalized and group-based training sessions that may be reserved through Buy me a Coffee. Additionally, I provide training services in the Spanish language ... Continue reading: Student’s t-test explained with R and Pokemon  ( 14 min )
    (Update) How to install RStudio, RStudio Server and Quarto with ‘apt install’
    R and Shiny Training: If you find this blog to be interesting, please note that I offer personalized and group-based training sessions that may be reserved through Buy me a Coffee. Additionally, I provide training services in the Spanish language ... Continue reading: (Update) How to install RStudio, RStudio Server and Quarto with ‘apt install’  ( 8 min )
    Table joins with conditional “fuzzy” string matching in R
    Here’s an example of fuzzy-matching strings in R that I shared on StackOverflow. In stringdist_join, the max_dist argument is used to constrain the degree of fuzziness. library(fuzzyjoin) library(dplyr) #> #> Attaching package: 'dplyr' #> The following objects are masked from 'package:stats': #> #> filter, lag #> The following objects are masked from 'package:base': #> #> intersect, setdiff, setequal, union library(knitr) small_tab = data.frame(Food.Name = c('Corn', 'Squash', 'Peppers'), Food.Code = c(NA, NA, NA)) large_tab = data.frame(Food.Name = c('Sweet Corn', 'Red Corn', 'Baby Corns', 'Squash', 'Long Squash', 'Red Pepper', 'Green Pepper', 'Red Peppers'), Food.Code = c(532, 532, 944, 111, 123, 654, 655, 654)) joined_tab = stringdist_join(small_tab, large_tab, by = 'Food.Name', ignore_case = TRUE, method = 'cosine', max_dist = 0.5, distance_col = 'dist') %>% # Tidy columns select(Food.Name = Food.Name.x, -Food.Name.y, Food.Code = Food.Code.y, -dist) %>% # Only keep most frequent food code per food name group_by(Food.Name) %>% count(Food.Name, Food.Code) %>% slice(which.max(n)) %>% select(-n) %>% # Order food names as in the small table arrange(factor(Food.Name, levels = small_tab$Food.Name)) # Show table with columns renamed joined_tab %>% rename('Food Name' = Food.Name, 'Food Code' = Food.Code) %>% kable() Food Name Corn Squash Peppers Created on 2023-05-31 with reprex v2.0.2 Continue reading: Table joins with conditional “fuzzy” string matching in R  ( 9 min )
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    little misc list 06-24-23
    The Wheel of Things by Clive Murray “a toy to help you choose between things, Wheel of Fortune style” Meow (about) 📌 “This is a tool that allows you to view your Mastodon export file.” Quotes Explained 📌 “The problem is that some of societies most powerful quotes are either taken out of context, misattributed or never said at all. That’s where we come in.” obsidian-note-from-template 📌 “Simple plugin to create Notes from a template, and fill in fields defined there” (available as “From Template" in Obsidian>Settings>Community plugins) Colar 📌 “A universal color palette based on Open Color”  ( 2 min )
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    Prigozhin's pronouns
    Just wow. A video has surfaced showing Prigozhin at the Southern Military District HQ in Rostov-on-Don talking to (and HUMILIATING) Deputy Defense Minister Yunus-bek Yevkurov. He threatens to blockade Rostov and head for Moscow! I have extreme trouble understanding Yevkurov and… pic.twitter.com/jGr9gaLB1i — Kevin Rothrock (@KevinRothrock) June 24, 2023 An English translation of the linguistically-relevant […]  ( 10 min )
    Five old, white men
    I promised that I would tell the story of how five old, white men persuaded me to begin the study of Asian languages two years after I was out of college.  Here it is. When I graduated from Dartmouth in 1965, I joined the Peace Corps for two years in Nepal.  Although I contracted fifteen […]  ( 8 min )
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    Saw Tom Grennan live in a small club in Zürich three months ago. Great to see him absolutely killing it at Glasto 👊
    Saw Tom Grennan live in a small club in Zürich three months ago. Great to see him absolutely killing it at Glasto 👊
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    On that weird stereotype about Jews being bad at spatial reasoning
    A couple years ago I reviewed mathematician Jordan Ellenberg’s fun book, “Shape: The Hidden Geometry of Information, Biology, Strategy, Democracy, and Everything Else,” and at the conclusion I discussed Jordan’s statement that he’s no good at “visualizing shapes and what … Continue reading →  ( 16 min )
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    RT by @pixelatedboat: it’s really good that twitter is killing beloved bot accounts like possum every hour but is keeping those shitty pepe meme ai text bots. i think that’s actually awesome
    it’s really good that twitter is killing beloved bot accounts like possum every hour but is keeping those shitty pepe meme ai text bots. i think that’s actually awesome
    R to @pixelatedboat:
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    If you can get an invite, come over to bluesky. It’s like twitter except they don’t make you look at this shit
    If you can get an invite, come over to bluesky. It’s like twitter except they don’t make you look at this shit
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    Weekend reads: A fraudster is sentenced to prison; how another reinvented himself; RFK Jr.’s retraction, redux
    Would you consider a donation to support Weekend Reads, and our daily work? The week at Retraction Watch featured: Our list of retracted or withdrawn COVID-19 papers is up to more than 300. There are now 41,000 retractions in our database — which powers retraction alerts in EndNote, LibKey, Papers, and Zotero. The Retraction Watch Hijacked Journal Checker now contains 200 titles. And have you … Continue reading Weekend reads: A fraudster is sentenced to prison; how another reinvented himself; RFK Jr.’s retraction, redux  ( 8 min )
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    RT by @tetraduzione: "LLM understands X" is very different from: "LLM can answer correctly some questions that involve X" which is in turn very different from: "with the right prompt we can get the LLM to answer correctly some questions that involve X"
    "LLM understands X" is very different from: "LLM can answer correctly some questions that involve X" which is in turn very different from: "with the right prompt we can get the LLM to answer correctly some questions that involve X"
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    prison games
    prison games
    R to @dril: let it roll
    let it roll
    putin has pooped the wrong diaper
    putin has pooped the wrong diaper  ( 1 min )
    "they already found the submarine" They found a false submarine
    "they already found the submarine" They found a false submarine  ( 1 min )
    "you post about girls asses while people are dying in a submarine. Really normal" i will post about Girls asses as the sun engulfs the earth
    "you post about girls asses while people are dying in a submarine. Really normal" i will post about Girls asses as the sun engulfs the earth  ( 1 min )
    if cheese cake factory did not want me crusing for girls asses they would not have put the wine bar in there
    if cheese cake factory did not want me crusing for girls asses they would not have put the wine bar in there
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    Wagner did what?!
    Wagner did what?!

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    RT by @pixelatedboat: I really want everyone to pivot back from video. I fucking hate video. Do not ever make me watch a video just to obtain information. Making me watch a video instead of giving me text I can read is an act of violence against me specifically. When will it end.
    I really want everyone to pivot back from video. I fucking hate video. Do not ever make me watch a video just to obtain information. Making me watch a video instead of giving me text I can read is an act of violence against me specifically. When will it end.
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    end of an era! good mems
    end of an era! good mems
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    Exclusive: Scientists at the Wuhan Institute of Virology are denying anonymous reports in the media that they were the first #COVID19 patients. https://scim.ag/37b
    Exclusive: Scientists at the Wuhan Institute of Virology are denying anonymous reports in the media that they were the first #COVID19 patients. scim.ag/37b
    Scientists have discovered a marine organism that’s not just invulnerable to microplastics, it may have a way to eliminate them—literally. https://scim.ag/37a
    Scientists have discovered a marine organism that’s not just invulnerable to microplastics, it may have a way to eliminate them—literally. scim.ag/37a
    An MIT class exercise shows how easily #AI tools can be used to order a bioweapon. https://scim.ag/377
    An MIT class exercise shows how easily #AI tools can be used to order a bioweapon. scim.ag/377
    Humans have long seen themselves mirrored in other primates, with apes’ social behavior and cognitive abilities shedding light on our own. Now, two international teams have stared deeper into the mirror. https://scim.ag/374
    Humans have long seen themselves mirrored in other primates, with apes’ social behavior and cognitive abilities shedding light on our own. scim.ag/374
    University officials are hoping Air Force’s initial 5-year, $90 million investment will help Howard become the first historically Black institution to ascend to the top ranks of the nation’s research universities. https://scim.ag/36Z
    University officials are hoping Air Force’s initial 5-year, $90 million investment will help Howard become the first historically Black institution to ascend to the top ranks of the nation’s research universities. scim.ag/36Z
    A new technique used to pick up ripples from nuclear blasts could also monitor earthquakes and eruptions. https://scim.ag/36P
    A new technique used to pick up ripples from nuclear blasts could also monitor earthquakes and eruptions. scim.ag/36P
    “It's a real feat of biological engineering.” #ScienceMagArchives https://scim.ag/36L
    “It's a real feat of biological engineering.” #ScienceMagArchives scim.ag/36L
    A new study suggests fear of society’s downfall stems from negative media and biased memory. https://scim.ag/36E
    A new study suggests fear of society’s downfall stems from negative media and biased memory. scim.ag/36E
    RT by @NewsfromScience: A compound in jagua fruit called genipin reacts with glycine to form a long, stable polymer that creates a coveted blue. Learn more in this @NewsfromScience feature: https://scim.ag/36A
    A compound in jagua fruit called genipin reacts with glycine to form a long, stable polymer that creates a coveted blue. @NewsfromScience feature: scim.ag/36A
    The scalloped hammerhead may be the only fish to employ this strategy during deep dives, keeping chilly water out of its body. https://scim.ag/36w
    The scalloped hammerhead may be the only fish to employ this strategy during deep dives, keeping chilly water out of its body. scim.ag/36w
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    Research shows that disrupting the body's circadian rhythm raises cancer risk, and resetting it may bring that risk down https://trib.al/jvJMC2e
    Research shows that disrupting the body's circadian rhythm raises cancer risk, and resetting it may bring that risk down trib.al/jvJMC2e
    Observations from the James Webb Space Telescope suggest that TRAPPIST-1 c, the second world in a seven-planet system, lacks an atmosphere https://trib.al/xPe1kvo
    Observations from the James Webb Space Telescope suggest that TRAPPIST-1 c, the second world in a seven-planet system, lacks an atmosphere trib.al/xPe1kvo
    Record ocean temperatures in the Atlantic are causing storms to form much farther east than usual https://trib.al/YZ5HjRW
    Record ocean temperatures in the Atlantic are causing storms to form much farther east than usual trib.al/YZ5HjRW
    The Supreme Court decision that overturned Roe v. Wade is impacting health care well beyond abortion in states that have banned the practice https://trib.al/ZmTyQkv
    The Supreme Court decision that overturned Roe v. Wade is impacting health care well beyond abortion in states that have banned the practice trib.al/ZmTyQkv
    RT by @sciam: In my latest for @sciam, I look into the National Bridge Inventory database to answer the question: “Where are the worst bridges in the U.S.?”
    In my latest for @sciam, I look into the National Bridge Inventory database to answer the question: “Where are the worst bridges in the U.S.?” nitter.net/sciam/status/1672228008776826881#m
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    noctureine 2023 [16/6/23, 20h40, 10k, 41’54”, 29⁰, 48th/295, 1st M5/11]
    Visit the post for more.  ( 6 min )
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    Gardening on the path
    The most recent xkcd: Mouseover title: "Arboretum Owner Denied Standing in Garden Path Suit on Grounds Grounds Appealing Appealing" What the Berkeley Neural Parser thinks: (S (PP (IN After) (NP (NN bird) (VBZ strikes))) (NP (NP (NN judge)) (SBAR (WHNP (WP who)) (S (VP (VBD ordered) (NP (NNP olive) (NNP garden) (NNP path) (NN sentence)) […]  ( 8 min )
    The Origin of Speeches? or just the collapse of Uruk?
    I've wondered for a long time why Biblical inerrantists have a big problem with biological evolution, which contradicts Chapter 1 of Genesis, but not so much with historical linguistics, which contradicts Chapter 11. But in "Linguistic Confusion and the Tower of Babel", National Catholic Register 6/21/2023, Dave Armstrong argues that the usual interpretation of the […]  ( 10 min )
    The allure of Latin, the glory of Greek
    Beautiful WSJ OpED (6/22/23) by Gerard Gayou, a seminarian of the archdiocese of Washington, who is studying theology at the Pontifical North American College in Rome: The Guiding Light of Latin Grammar The language reminds us of what our words mean and of whom we’re called to be. —– Nothing bored me more during the […]  ( 11 min )
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    Amsterdam Toy Museum in Amsterdam, Netherlands
    A private collector's dream realized. Bringing together a collection of rare and obscure toys which represent the cutthroat practices in the toy busines presented as a wall-to-wall experience. It's not aimed at young kids, but at visitors interested in the stories behind the toys. Accompanied by over 600 Barbies, Lego, and train sets, it will elicit a feeling of shock and awe from the visitors. If not though the sheer size of the day toy collection or the fringe memorabilia of movies like 2001: A Space Odyssey and The Nightmare Before Christmas; the fascinating background stories and anecdotes delivered with humor by the owner will definitely deliver.  ( 13 min )
    Oil Museum of Canada in Oil Springs, Ontario
    Oil was first discovered in southwestern Ontario in 1857 and is being pumped from the ground to this day. That pre-dates discoveries in Alberta by more than 50 years.   James Miller Williams the father of the petroleum industry in Canada, established the first commercially successful oil well in 1858 and igniting the first oil boom in North America. (Take that J.R. Ewing!) The Oil Museum of Canada is located on land that was designated as the First Commercial Oil Field National Historic Site of Canada in 1925.  The museum itself was opened to the public in July 1960. On site, you can see the small pumpjacks toiling away.  Locals may refer to them as a donkey pumper, nodding donkey, pumping unit, horsehead pump, rocking horse, beam pump, dinosaur, sucker rod pump, grasshopper pump,  or jack pump. You will certainly get a whiff of the oil smell now and then....and some other smells as the site is located in a delightfully rural location.  ( 13 min )
    Devil's Beef Tub in Moffat, Scotland
    The Devil's Beef Tub is a dramatic hollow in the hills north of the Scottish town of Moffat. The 150-meter hollow is formed by four hills, Ericstane Hill, Peat Knowle, the Great Hill, and Annanhead Hill. The name comes from the fact the Border Reivers of the Johnstone Clan once hid stolen cattle in this hollow. These Reivers were referred to by their enemies as "devils." The area is beautiful, giving views over the valley below, made all the more atmospheric when the cloud is low and the weather is gloomy.  At these times you can almost imagine the moos of the hidden cattle in the valley below.  ( 12 min )
    Tower Hill Execution Site in London, England
    On any given day, visitors to the Tower of London can vary from several hundred to well into the thousands. Many come seeking to get a glimpse of the Crown Jewels or perhaps they desire to witness the location of where executions took place firsthand. What the latter may not be aware of, is the vast majority of public executions took place outside the walls of the tower, just a few yards away, on a grassy knoll near Tower Hill Underground Station. Less than two dozen individuals met their maker at the end of the executioner's axe on Tower Green. These included the two wives of King Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn, and Catherine Howard, as well as Lady Jane Grey, who was Queen of England for only nine days. As compared to the estimated 125 mortals who lost their lives across the road on Tower Hill. The disparity in numbers is because executions at the Tower of London were reserved for individuals of high rank or who possessed popular support. At the western edge of a green space known as Trinity Square Gardens, a scaffold was erected from the 15th century to dispatch of individuals who held an air of status and were found guilty of high treason or other offenses against the crown. It operated for nearly four hundred years, with the last public execution taking place in 1747, that of Simon Fraser, 11th Lord Lovat, a supporter of the Stuart family's right to the throne. Today, visitors can find a small cordoned-off area, just to the left of the Grade I-listed Merchant Navy Memorial, First World War Section. Here, you'll find a list of names, beginning in 1381 and ending in the mid-1700s. These include participants in the following rebellions: Peasants' Revolt, War of the Roses, English Reformation, as well as the Jacobite Uprising. Thousands of eager onlookers would gather to witness these public displays of execution.  ( 13 min )
    Gabbs Mine in Gabbs, Nevada
    Magnesium-bearing deposits (magnesite, or magnesium carbonate, and brucite, or magnesium hydroxide) were discovered here in the late 1920s. The minerals are used in making refractory (high-temperature) ceramics and in chemical manufacturing, notably Epsom salts. It was a quiet niche market. Then came World War II. High-performance aircraft were critical to the war effort, and magnesium was a key component of light, high-strength aircraft alloys. It was feared that the Axis powers were way ahead in magnesium technology. Hence a crash program for magnesium production was initiated, and it used these magnesium minerals as ore. The raw ore minerals were shipped to a newly opened plant in Henderson, Nevada, just outside Las Vegas, for processing into magnesium metal. Hydropower was available from the newly-finished Hoover Dam, as the electrolytic process for magnesium separation requires a great deal of electricity. It's analogous to aluminum in that respect. The shipping route was very circuitous as there was no direct rail link. The ore was first trucked to a railhead at Luning, Nevada, some 32 miles west (the rails have since been torn up). It then went north to the transcontinental route outside Reno, eastward to Salt Lake City, and finally southwest to Las Vegas on the rail link to Los Angeles. By 1944 enough magnesium metal—more than 80,000 tons—had been made for the wartime demand. The mine has continued producing magnesite and some brucite ever since, however, for those other applications, and is now the only producer in the United States. It is also said to be the oldest continuously operating mine in Nevada.  ( 13 min )
    Mario Sanchez Street Experience in Key West, Florida
    The huge El Meson De Pepe’s restaurant is lined with posters, pictures, souvenirs, maps, flags, toys, and all kinds of mementos of Cuban life (including a replica hydroplane that flew from Key West to Cuba in 1913). These large-scale reproductions of Mario Sanchez’s colorful pictures and murals feel like a walk around a small movie set, and also lead you down an imaginary “street” of past decades. Hoping to invoke the sights, sounds, and smells of old Cuban Key West (Cayo Hueso), you will see a cigar factory, a sightseeing bus, stores, a boxing gym, cafés, and street scenes that were all originally created as woodcarvings by the noted folk artist. Highlights include the Pee-Roo-Lee Man, the candy vendor who would summon kids with a sharp whistle to buy the delicious cone treats he carr…  ( 14 min )
    O. Winston Link Museum in Roanoke, Virginia
    By the 1950s, diesel locomotives had replaced their steam counterparts on most railroads in America. One notable exception was the Norfolk & Western Railway, which crisscrossed the mountains of Virginia and West Virginia. It was there that a self-taught photographer would snap some of the most evocative and dramatic photos of steam railroading in its final days.  O. Winston Link was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1914. Link began dabbling with amateur photography as a teenager. Although he completed a degree in civil engineering, he soon found himself working as a commercial photographer, where he further developed his skills through on-the-job training. In 1955, while on assignment in Virginia, Link became captivated by the Norfolk & Western Railway's steam locomotives. Recognizing th…  ( 13 min )
    Museo de Manga (Manga Museum) in Mexico City, Mexico
    The Asociación México Japonesa (Mexico Japanese Association) was established in 1956 as a result of efforts from Mexico's Japanese migrant and Japanese descendant communities, looking to establish tighter relationships between both countries and cultures. The current location was opened three years later thanks to the donation of its terrain by San Siro Matsumoto. Its initial cultural offerings for the non-Japanese population included gardens, language lessons, and the establishment of a restaurant. They would later be joined by other lessons in subjects like ikebana and origami, a minimarket, and the Manga Museum. This museum was established thanks to a donation of almost 20,000 volumes from a museum of the same name in the city of Kyoto. This means that the vast majority of the material available is exclusively in the Japanese language. The volumes in Spanish and English are limited to a mere couple of shelves. Another bookshelf features a selection of volumes for sale, most of these also in Japanese. For the fans who have actually learned the language, this Museum represents what might be Mexico City's most important collection.  ( 13 min )
    Wonder Is Everywhere: The New Tornado Alley, the Coolest Library in the World, and More From Around the Web
    Wonder is everywhere. That’s why, every other week, Atlas Obscura drags you down some of the rabbit holes we encounter as we search for our unusual stories. We highlight surprising finds, great writing, and inspiring stories from some of our favorite publications. The Coolest Library on Earth by Elizabeth Landau, Hakai Magazine A windowless yellow-tiled warehouse in an industrial park on the outskirts of Copenhagen is home to 40,000 hunks of ice—frozen treasures that preserve millions of years of climate history. For ice core “librarian” Jørgen Peder Steffensen, who oversees the chilly archive, the cores are a time machine. “All those annual layers of snowfall are just in one undisturbed sequence back in time,” Steffensen tells Hakai Magazine. “The deeper you go, the farther back i…  ( 20 min )
    Da Nang Cathedral in Da Nang, Vietnam
    The Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Ho Chi Minh City is quite famous, attracting curious tourists with its vivid pinkness. Da Nang has its own pink church, also dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, just a little less known. Designed by priest Louis Vallet and completed in 1924, Da Nang Cathedral is the only Catholic church in the city that dates back to the French colonial era. Its built-in solemn Gothic style, but its adorable, candy-pink façade softens the imposing impression. While tourists, knowingly or not, refer to the cathedral simply as the “Pink Church,” the locals of Da Nang have another nickname for it: the Chicken Church. It comes from the metal weathercock that stands atop the building, representing the Gallic rooster as well as referencing the Biblical episode of St. Peter’s Denial, in which the crowing of a rooster plays a significant role.  ( 13 min )
    Reighard's Gold Star Service Station in Altoona, Pennsylvania
    Starting as a blacksmith shop, Reighard’s transitioned into a gas station in 1909 a year after Henry Ford introduced the Model T. Known as "America's Oldest Gas Station" Reighard's is made of cinder blocks with hardened concrete shingles and took advantage of being along the rail line. In the late 1800s, George Hinkle sold kerosene, then lamp oil, and after seeing the advent of horseless carriages, began selling gasoline. Hinkle purchased petroleum products from Samuel S. Reighard, an oil merchant. Shortly after switching to gas, Hinkle sold the station to George D. Reighard, a son of Samuel Reighard. Martin Oil Company purchased the station in 1978 and continues the tradition of full service.  ( 12 min )
    Fourier's Fourth Apple in Paris, France
    A marble plinth dedicated to Charles Fourier (1772-1837) sits in the Place de Clichy within Paris’ 9th arrondissement. What sits atop the plinth, however, is not a statue of the father of utopian socialist theory; instead, a giant silver apple with the countries of the world etched into its reflective surface sits in his place. A bronze statue of Fourier's likeness did once stand proudly atop the monument. The thinker and writer gained notoriety throughout the early 19th century for proclaiming what were, at the time, radical notions: he questioned the cult of industrial labor, espoused socialist ideals, and coined the term "feminism." One of his less radical views—again, given the time—framed Jews as regressive and uncivilized. Ironically, during the Occupation of 1942, it was Nazis who…  ( 13 min )
    Atlas Obscura Tries: Tarpon Fishing
    In this episode of Atlas Obscura Tries our host, Zak Martellucci, tries his hand at Tarpon fishing in Charlotte Harbor, FL- a sport fishing mecca known to anglers world-wide. Join us on the hunt for the ‘Silver King,’ and an exploration of the natural and cultural habitat that makes this community on the Gulf so vibrant and unique.  ( 13 min )
    The Disappeared City of Miedzianka in Miedzianka, Poland
    The city of Kupferberg ('Copper Mountain'), renamed 'Miedzianka' when the territory passed from Germany to Poland after World War II, was one of many prosperous mining towns in the mountains of Lower Silesia. As the name indicates, it was originally copper that was mined in this area—until the Soviets discovered after their occupation in 1945 that the local mines were also a rich source of uranium. The Soviets quickly fenced off the area with barbed wire and forced local Poles to work in the uranium mines with no knowledge of the actual dangers. Officially, it was called a "paper factory," and miners suffering from radiation poisoning were formally ignored. Anyone who attempted to reveal the true nature of the mines near Miedzianka was promptly 'disappeared' by the Communist government and never seen again. After about 600 tonnes of uranium were shipped from Miedzianka to the Soviet Union, the local mine was considered to be exhausted, and the extensive tunneling underneath the town had left the ground unstable. The town itself was then torn down in the late 1960s and early 1970s, and most of the residents were forcibly resettled to the nearby city of Jelenia Góra. Today, Miedzianka only exists in the form of a few scattered buildings, a church, and a resurrected form of its once-famous brewery along one surviving mountain road. The surrounding fields and forests are filled with the overgrown ruins of houses, factories, and cemeteries that used to form part of the city. Information boards on what was formerly the main square tell the story, accompanied by numerous photos, of what was once the bustling city center of Kupferberg/Miedzianka, now almost completely forgotten to the passage of time.  ( 13 min )
    Explore the View From Humanity’s Most Distant Spacecraft
    What’s the farthest place that humanity has gone? For a practical answer to that question rather than a philosophical one, direct your gaze to Ophiuchus, an equatorial constellation also known as Serpentarius. Speeding towards Rasalhague and the other stars that make up the "Serpent-bearer" is Voyager 1, the farthest human-made object in the universe. It’s currently 14.8 billion miles (23.8 billion kilometers) from the Sun, and still speeding away at roughly 38,000 miles per hour (61,000 kilometers per hour). That’s too far to observe Voyager 1 twinkle in the night sky, but you can turn the tables and see what it sees as it looks back at us. Via NASA’s Eyes website (and app), you can pay a virtual visit to where the spacecraft is now and explore its vantage as it hurtles towards the ed…  ( 21 min )
    Fisherman's House in Madrid, Spain
    Fisherman's House ("La Casita del Pescador" in Spanish) is a small "capricho" construction in the northern part of Retiro Park in Madrid. It was conceived as a personal whim of the king who saved Retiro Park. The house was destined to offer his majesty a place to rest and is located on the central island of a pond where, back in the day, you could even fish. After the War of Independence, the park was badly damaged and was rebuilt by King Fernando VII. During this Renaissance, exotic and beautiful constructions such as the Persian Hall and Fisherman's House were created. Isidro González Velázquez designed this house and surrounded it with a pond for anglers to enjoy. The house has a striking pinkish body, adorned with Pompeian-style paintings and frescoes and with niches, where Roman busts once stood. This type of construction had its predecessors in the so-called 18th-century pavilions that were prominent in English and French gardens. In Spain, these curious structures appeared in important gardens at the end of the 18th century and the beginning of the 19th century. For years, the Fisherman's House remained abandoned and was eventually used as a Tourist Information Office. It is now the Municipal Center for the Adoption of Pets.  ( 13 min )
    Podcast: Bone Wars
    Listen and subscribe on Stitcher, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all major podcast apps. In this episode of The Atlas Obscura Podcast, we hear about the Bone Rush of the 1870s, when a bitter rivalry between two paleontologists unearthed an epic amount of fossils still critical to the field today. Our podcast is an audio guide to the world’s wondrous, awe-inspiring, strange places. In under 15 minutes, we’ll take you to an incredible site, and along the way you’ll meet some fascinating people and hear their stories. Join us daily, Monday through Thursday, to explore a new wonder with cofounder Dylan Thuras and a neighborhood of Atlas Obscura reporters.  ( 14 min )
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    Your Book Review: Public Citizens
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    Short, Impactful Lessons I’ve Learned About Writing in the Past 5 Years
    Use these quick tips to improve your craft Continue reading on The Writing Cooperative »  ( 16 min )
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    📨 Get the world of science delivered to your inbox every weekday. #ScienceAdviser is launching soon, featuring news and research, exclusive reporting and analysis, editor’s curation of recommended reading, and revolving daily segments. http://scim.ag/ScienceAdviser #newsletter
    📨 Get the world of science delivered to your inbox every weekday. #ScienceAdviser is launching soon, featuring news and research, exclusive reporting and analysis, editor’s curation of recommended reading, and revolving daily segments. scim.ag/ScienceAdviser #newsletter
    Honey bees perfect their waggle dances by learning from their elders. 🐝 Learn more during #NationalPollinatorsMonth. https://scim.ag/373
    Honey bees perfect their waggle dances by learning from their elders. 🐝 #NationalPollinatorsMonth. scim.ag/373
    Lunge feeding—a common foraging technique of humpbacks and other rorqual whales characterized by rapid underwater lunges to capture dense patches of prey—is energy efficient even when prey is sparse, according to a new analysis in @ScienceAdvances. https://scim.ag/36W
    Lunge feeding—a common foraging technique of humpbacks and other rorqual whales characterized by rapid underwater lunges to capture dense patches of prey—is energy efficient even when prey is sparse, according to a new analysis in @ScienceAdvances. scim.ag/36W
    How does a mussel shell open and shut easily and without damage for hundreds of thousands of cycles during the bivalve’s lifetime? The answer lies in a combination of design and materials that resist brittle fracture over time, a new Science study finds. https://scim.ag/36O
    How does a mussel shell open and shut easily and without damage for hundreds of thousands of cycles during the bivalve’s lifetime? scim.ag/36O
    Scientists have uncovered how the spatial arrangement of the kinase PDK1 shapes its substrate specificity—a finding that could inform methods to selectively manipulate PDK1 to target cancer and other disorders. #Biochemistry @SciSignal https://scim.ag/36D
    Scientists have uncovered how the spatial arrangement of the kinase PDK1 shapes its substrate specificity—a finding that could inform methods to selectively manipulate PDK1 to target cancer and other disorders. #Biochemistry @SciSignal scim.ag/36D
    RT by @ScienceMagazine: Our work on perforin-2, a pore-forming protein expressed by #DendriticCells to deliver antigens into the cytosol during #CrossPresentation is now out in @ScienceMagazine https://science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adg8802… Huge amount of work from Pablo, in collaboration with @laub_marco & @Pati_Krawczyk
    Our work on perforin-2, a pore-forming protein expressed by #DendriticCells to deliver antigens into the cytosol during #CrossPresentation is now out in @ScienceMagazine science.org/doi/10.1126/scie…… @laub_marco & @Pati_Krawczyk
    RT by @ScienceMagazine: Excited to have our latest paper published in @ScienceMagazine. A huge advantage of a 15+ year field experiment is being able to explore treatment effects as background conditions are themselves changing with ongoing climate change.
    Excited to have our latest paper published in @ScienceMagazine. A huge advantage of a 15+ year field experiment is being able to explore treatment effects as background conditions are themselves changing with ongoing climate change. nitter.net/ScienceMagazine/status/1671986471325007872#m
    RT by @ScienceMagazine: Today, @Abebab & I have a piece out in @ScienceMagazine on how AI can distort human beliefs. We discuss how psychology interacts with generative AI in problematic ways. 🧵 https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adi0248
    Today, @Abebab & I have a piece out in @ScienceMagazine on how AI can distort human beliefs. We discuss how psychology interacts with generative AI in problematic ways. 🧵 science.org/doi/10.1126/scie…
    RT by @ScienceMagazine: New in @sciencemagazine 📣 Muskoxen and caribou slow tundra diversity decline associated with diminishing Arctic sea ice extent during a 15 years period. Led by Eric Post🌟 http://scim.ag/36d
    New in @sciencemagazine 📣 scim.ag/36d
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    Books in brief: The ocean’s engine, and the science of reading https://go.nature.com/3CJeflz
    Books in brief: The ocean’s engine, and the science of reading go.nature.com/3CJeflz
    Update: The FDA has now approved the first gene therapy for Duschenne muscular dystrophy for children aged four and five https://go.nature.com/3NrvzjQ
    Update: The FDA has now approved the first gene therapy for Duschenne muscular dystrophy for children aged four and five go.nature.com/3NrvzjQ
    Women diagnosed since 2010 have a much lower risk of dying from breast cancer than those diagnosed in the 1990s https://go.nature.com/46ijRko
    Women diagnosed since 2010 have a much lower risk of dying from breast cancer than those diagnosed in the 1990s go.nature.com/46ijRko
    Underwater volcano triggered the most intense lightning ever recorded https://go.nature.com/3NnUkxF
    Underwater volcano triggered the most intense lightning ever recorded go.nature.com/3NnUkxF
    Methods inspired by the Japanese paper art kirigami help to create a textile that moves with the body https://go.nature.com/3JmwAbS
    Methods inspired by the Japanese paper art kirigami help to create a textile that moves with the body go.nature.com/3JmwAbS
    Nature research paper: Physiology and diseases of tissue-resident macrophages https://go.nature.com/3NmIN1m
    Nature research paper: Physiology and diseases of tissue-resident macrophages go.nature.com/3NmIN1m
    Nature research paper: Single-cell quantification of ribosome occupancy in early mouse development https://go.nature.com/42QtuDV
    Nature research paper: Single-cell quantification of ribosome occupancy in early mouse development go.nature.com/42QtuDV
    Research briefing: Cholesterol can make surfaces non-stick https://go.nature.com/43XWH1i
    Research briefing: Cholesterol can make surfaces non-stick go.nature.com/43XWH1i
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    DFL legislators quietly took Legislature out of the process for approving state worker contracts
    AFSCME Council 5 and MAPE reached an agreement Friday with the state that will bring a $20 minimum wage and cost of living raises of 5.5% and 4.5% over the next two years. Legislative contract approval had become a partisan bargaining chip, backers said.  ( 16 min )
    One year after the fall of Roe v. Wade, abortion care has become a patchwork of confusing state laws that deepen existing inequalities
    The unequal access to abortion procedures across the country is most directly affecting the poorest women in the U.S.  ( 18 min )
    Commuter rail to the Twin Cities’ south suburbs? Minnesota lawmakers lift ‘gag rule’ on studying proposed Dan Patch line
    The topic had been off-limits since 2002, when lawmakers from some communities along the route objected.  ( 16 min )
    Why do Clay County voters keep picking winning presidential candidates?
    It’s even more unusual because the number of bellwether counties is rapidly diminishing.  ( 16 min )
    D.C. Memo: Walz buys his first tux, provokes envy among D.C. Dems; Minnesota Air National Guard battles other states for new aircraft
    After being told he would have to wear a tuxedo to the state dinner, the governor, who says he’s never owned a tux, called Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., to make sure one was absolutely necessary.  ( 14 min )
    Could AI shore up democracy by raising up constituent voices?
    You’d be forgiven if you’re distraught about society’s ability to grapple with this new technology. But there are reasons to feel more sanguine as well.  ( 16 min )
    Announcing MinnPost Festival 2023 featuring Samantha Bee as keynote
    This year, we're thrilled to offer two days of all in-person programming featuring national and local voices you already know, along with new ones that you'll want to know.  ( 9 min )
    3M reaches agreement to pay more than $10 billion in ‘forever chemicals’ settlement
    Plus: Less severe storm summer; renowned dermatologist dies; fights breaking out in Brooklyn Park parks; Wedge LIVE! Cat Tour; and more.  ( 5 min )
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    Join us in Chicago, IL for the @ALA Conferences 2023 Annual Meeting! Visit our booth, number 1518, in the exhibit hall starting today at 5:30 PM to learn more about #BLSData!
    Join us in Chicago, IL for the @ALA Conferences 2023 Annual Meeting! Visit our booth, number 1518, in the exhibit hall starting today at 5:30 PM to learn more about #BLSData!
    Import coffee prices declined 2.6 percent for year ended May 2023, following large increases https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2023/import-coffee-prices-declined-2-6-percent-for-year-ended-may-2023-following-large-increases.htm #BLSdata
    Import coffee prices declined 2.6 percent for year ended May 2023, following large increases bls.gov/opub/ted/2023/import… #BLSdata
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    The Canary Murder Case, by S. S. Van Dine
    A Manhattan art connoisseur turned amateur detective gets involved in a murder investigation when a theatrical starlet is found dead in her apartment.  ( 2 min )
    The Winter’s Tale, by William Shakespeare
    A king’s unfounded jealousy destroys his family and kingdom.  ( 2 min )
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    Mapping the Ownership Network of Canada’s Billionaire Families
    DT Cochrane and I look at the network of corporate power behind Canada's richest families. The post Mapping the Ownership Network of Canada’s Billionaire Families appeared first on Economics from the Top Down.  ( 27 min )
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    RT by @tetraduzione: Slides of my #ISWS2013 SemWeb Summerschool talk: when you move from a symbolic to a numeric or geometric representation (e.g. embeddings), please keep the semantics. Don't throw out the semantic baby with the symbolic bathwater. https://www.slideshare.net/Frank.van.Harmelen/the-k-in-neurosymbolic-stands-for-knowledge
    Slides of my #ISWS2013 SemWeb Summerschool talk: when you move from a symbolic to a numeric or geometric representation (e.g. embeddings), please keep the semantics. Don't throw out the semantic baby with the symbolic bathwater. slideshare.net/Frank.van.Har…
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    ACT 2023 --- Registration
    If you want to attend the 6th Annual International Conference on Applied Category Theory (ACT2023) or watch it on Zoom, you need to register by July 14th!  ( 2 min )
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    ACT 2023 --- Registration
    If you want to attend the 6th Annual International Conference on Applied Category Theory (ACT2023) or watch it on Zoom, you need to register by July 14th!  ( 2 min )
    ACT 2023 — Registration
    6th Annual International Conference on Applied Category Theory (ACT2023) July 31 – August 4, 2023 https://act2023.github.io/ Due to generous sponsorship from NIST and UFL, registration is completely free! Please register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/applied-category-theory-2023-registration-643212404617 If you plan to attend virtually, you will need to register before July 14 to receive a Zoom link. The Sixth International Conference […]  ( 7 min )
    Cabinet of Curiosities: The Deluxe Train Set
    I’ve got a new paper out this week with Andrew McLeod. I’m thinking of it as another entry in this year’s “cabinet of curiosities”, interesting Feynman diagrams with unusual properties. Although this one might be hard to fit into a cabinet. Over the past few years, I’ve been finding Feynman diagrams with interesting connections to […]  ( 11 min )
    Are You A Theorist Or An Experimentalist?
    A colloquium with a former thesis intern yesterday brought me to ponder again over the important question of determining whether a student should choose an experimental or rather a theoretical curriculum of studies. It is a problem that arises at a variable point of the student's trajectory depending on the way the university courses offer is structured, but the issue is universal as it revolves around the skills of the students rather than anything else. read more  ( 6 min )
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    R to @steak_umm: not enough 🥩 in here
    not enough 🥩 in here
    your most used emoji says more about you than an internet quiz ever could
    your most used emoji says more about you than an internet quiz ever could  ( 1 min )
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    R to @beenwrekt: Moore's Law is the least interesting part of this article. https://www.cs.utexas.edu/~fussell/courses/cs352h/papers/moore.pdf
    Moore's Law is the least interesting part of this article. cs.utexas.edu/~fussell/cours…
    Predictions about the technological future often are laughably optimistic. But everything in the intro of Gordon Moore’s 1965 article “Cramming More Components onto Integrated Circuits” came true.
    Predictions about the technological future often are laughably optimistic. But everything in the intro of Gordon Moore’s 1965 article “Cramming More Components onto Integrated Circuits” came true.
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    ACT 2023 — Registration
    6th Annual International Conference on Applied Category Theory (ACT2023) July 31 – August 4, 2023 https://act2023.github.io/ Due to generous sponsorship from NIST and UFL, registration is completely free! Please register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/applied-category-theory-2023-registration-643212404617 If you plan to attend virtually, you will need to register before July 14 to receive a Zoom link. The Sixth International Conference […]  ( 7 min )
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    𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐇𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐳 𝐭𝐨 𝐀𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐌𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐒𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞 Arsenal's interest in Havertz has raised a few eyebrows. But it works: — Extremely versatile — Brilliant awareness of space — Great technician — Entering his prime years Here's how he'd fit in 📈⬇️
    𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐇𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐳 𝐭𝐨 𝐀𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐌𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐒𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞 Arsenal's interest in Havertz has raised a few eyebrows. But it works: — Extremely versatile — Brilliant awareness of space — Great technician — Entering his prime years Here's how he'd fit in 📈⬇️
    RT by @OptaAnalyst: No one has finished with a batting average over .400 in a full season since Ted Williams hit .406 in 1941. Luis Arráez is batting .397 while leading the Marlins to a surprising 43-33 record. Will it last? @andres_chavez13 takes a look. https://theanalyst.com/na/2023/06/luis-arraez-miami-marlins-chase-for-400/
    No one has finished with a batting average over .400 in a full season since Ted Williams hit .406 in 1941. @andres_chavez13 takes a look. theanalyst.com/na/2023/06/lu…
    RT by @OptaAnalyst: The pros and cons of Mateo Kovacic to Man City Pep Guardiola will need to show his capacity to empower players to get the best out of their new midfielder https://theanalyst.com/eu/2023/06/mateo-kovacic-man-city-chelsea-pep-guardiola/
    The pros and cons of Mateo Kovacic to Man City theanalyst.com/eu/2023/06/ma…
    Amad Diallo 🔴 While we don't know where he'll play next campaign, we do know that Amad Diallo had a special season last year. Here's what United (or Sunderland) would be getting: https://theanalyst.com/eu/2023/05/amad-diallo-man-utd-sunderland/
    Amad Diallo 🔴 theanalyst.com/eu/2023/05/am…
    RT by @OptaAnalyst: David de Gea's shot-stopping has slowed down. #MUFC
    David de Gea's shot-stopping has slowed down. #MUFC
    RT by @OptaAnalyst: Me, for @OptaAnalyst, on the pros and cons of Mateo Kovačić to Manchester City: https://theanalyst.com/eu/2023/06/mateo-kovacic-man-city-chelsea-pep-guardiola/
    Me, for @OptaAnalyst, on the pros and cons of Mateo Kovačić to Manchester City: theanalyst.com/eu/2023/06/ma…  ( 1 min )
    RT by @OptaAnalyst: A bidding war between Arsenal and Man City for Declan Rice? Exactly what West Ham would've wanted 💰 Here's the data on what makes him such an attractive midfield option: https://theanalyst.com/eu/2023/06/declan-rice-arsenal-man-city-transfer/
    A bidding war between Arsenal and Man City for Declan Rice? theanalyst.com/eu/2023/06/de…
    RT by @OptaAnalyst: Transfer Questions — How to replace Rice and Kane? — Who could Man Utd sign instead of Kim Min-jae? — Is Tonali good value for Newcastle? We used our Opta Player Radars to find out ⬇️ https://theanalyst.com/eu/2023/06/opta-player-radars-answering-five-questions/
    Transfer Questions theanalyst.com/eu/2023/06/op…
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    One Year after Dobbs, Abortion Bans Are Harming Reproductive Care, Ob-Gyns Say
    The Supreme Court decision that overturned Roe v. Wade is impacting health care well beyond abortion in states that have banned the practice
    Is Fukushima Wastewater Release Safe? What the Science Says
    Radiation in water from Fukushima will be diluted to almost background levels, but some researchers are not sure this will be sufficient to mitigate the risks
    5 Takeaways from the Montana Climate Trial as We Await a Historic Ruling
    Young Montanans put their state on trial for its contributions to climate change. Here are five takeaways from the proceedings as we await the judge’s ruling
    These Ants Are Probably Better at Navigating Than You Are
    Desert ants living in the featureless salt plains of Tunisia count their steps and erect tall entrances at their nests to find their way back home.
    Cormac McCarthy's Work Is Rooted in Science
    Cormac McCarthy’s curiosity about science made him a great writer
    Where Are the Worst Bridges in the U.S.?
    More than 42,000 highway bridges across the country are in “poor” condition, according to national bridge inspection standards
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    Kenya development of the day
    The European Union signed a trade agreement with Kenya, giving the nation duty- and quota-free access to the bloc, a long-negotiated deal it said is open for other East African countries join. The economic partnership agreement has been under discussion for at least a decade. While Kenya agreed to a joint pact in 2016, four […] The post Kenya development of the day appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments Is Kenya the new Eithiopia? by God of Thunder In reply to rayward. Wherein is in written that this day will ... by God of Thunder In reply to Reason. It's a good deal for Kenya. The deal is ... by sxb A long way from the days we will take it to we will buy it. The ... by rayward In reply to M. (In fairness Singapore is kind of an L example ... by M Plus 10 more...  ( 7 min )
    Vaccination sentences to ponder
    None of the incidences of myopericarditis pooled in the current study were higher than those after smallpox vaccinations and non-COVID-19 vaccinations, and all of them were significantly lower than those in adolescents aged 12–17 years after COVID-19 infection. I would gladly see a refereed symposium on attempts to overturn this result.  Individuals with rejected papers could publish those […] The post Vaccination sentences to ponder appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments In reply to NoPie. > That's false. Really? Which one ... by Phinton In reply to Thomas. > It's well established in the sense that ... by Phinton In reply to Todd K. Much of these deaths are from early age ... by PHinton In reply to Shady B. I think it's the same IT person to whom ... by Steve In reply to MikeP. Who is Kelley G? by Shady B Plus 10 more... Related Stories Update on the War on Poverty Black Magic Technology A mild return for Danish phrenology?  ( 6 min )
    Is American Culture Becoming More Pro-Business?
    In Capitalism: Hollywood’s Miscast Villain, a piece I wrote in 2010 for the Wall Street Journal, I described the slew of movies and television shows featuring mass-murdering corporate villains including “The Fugitive,” “Syriana,” “Mission Impossible II,” “Erin Brockovich,” “The China Syndrome” and “Avatar,” and Hollywood’s not so subtle attacks on capitalism with characters like Jabba […] The post Is American Culture Becoming More Pro-Business? appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments In reply to ckstevenson. > So which side are you claiming ... by PHinton In reply to blue jay. We must agree on certain words for ... by PHinton In reply to Asdf. Asdf absurdly comments that: “Small ... by Skeptical American In reply to PHinton. “She knew what he was doing” Yes, ... by Bob from Ohio In reply to PHinton. “It is funny that Biden used the ... by Bob from Ohio Plus 10 more... Related Stories Why do wages grow faster for educated workers? High Fructose Corn Syrup and the Sugar Quota My excellent Conversation with Seth Godin  ( 9 min )
    Friday assorted links
    1. Visiting Outback Steakhouse in Brazil. 2. Sam Enright books list. 3. Good example of how AI experts often do not have even a basic understanding of social mechanisms.  In general, I am  pretty reluctant to put much “negative talk” on MR, but this seems to me an important point that needs to be internalized […] The post Friday assorted links appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments In reply to rayward. Columbus OH used to be the center from ... by Kaleberg In reply to rayward. Is the pizza restaurant that named all ... by Steve In reply to alz9794. “It's funny that people think that ... by Lord Action In reply to alz9794. This is the kind of thing that the ... by M In reply to M. Straussian reading: TC is denouncing the ... by Dimas Plus 10 more...  ( 6 min )
    Food in Kenya, and yes you should go
    In Nairobi the best meals are to be had at the upscale Indian restaurants, and it seems all or most of them are quite good — choose what fits your location and traffic constraints.  The basic style usually is derived from Punjabi dishes. The “British colonial” food is not bad, but I don’t think I […] The post Food in Kenya, and yes you should go appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments In reply to Rahul. Very few. Charitably I think the term is ... by SH, Jr. In reply to Rahul. Yea, well I'd stay for 5 nights at that ... by Canadian guy In reply to dan1111. Tyler has $$$. Books? Lectures and ... by seeker In reply to SH, Jr.. I have always wanted to do a blind test ... by Rahul In reply to hnau. Worth noting too that ugali is hardly ... by Mark Steyn Plus 10 more...  ( 7 min )
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    How to Clean Strawberries So They Last Longer
    For the longest-lasting, freshest strawberries, one cleaning and storage method worked better than all the rest.  ( 13 min )
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    RT by @ground_guru: EXC: Gretar Steinsson set to leave his position as Tottenham performance director. Part of an internal restructuring. More on @MailSport
    EXC: Gretar Steinsson set to leave his position as Tottenham performance director. Part of an internal restructuring. More on @MailSport
    RT by @ground_guru: Delighted to announce @StatsPerform as one of the sponsors for TGG Live in Manchester on October 9 & 10 @StatsPerform work with 500 global teams to inform & enhance decision-making across performance analysis, player recruitment & strategic planning. https://trainingground.guru/articles/tgg-live-speakers-revealed
    Delighted to announce @StatsPerform as one of the sponsors for TGG Live in Manchester on October 9 & 10 @StatsPerform work with 500 global teams to inform & enhance decision-making across performance analysis, player recruitment & strategic planning. trainingground.guru/articles…
    RT by @ground_guru: A change in mindset and working practice is needed in the area of Player Care in football and we are pioneering this movement. If you're passionate about this and want to make a real difference, then please check us out! https://www.linkedin.com/posts/david-eccles-30146142_routes-tv-broadcast-preview-activity-7077954175354986496-SL36?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_ios
    A change in mindset and working practice is needed in the area of Player Care in football and we are pioneering this movement. If you're passionate about this and want to make a real difference, then please check us out! linkedin.com/posts/david-ecc…
    This is very good 👏🏼 While a big swathe of fans are becoming better informed about tactics/ the game in general, a lot of punditry seems to be regressing
    This is very good 👏🏼 nitter.net/Zonal_Marking/status/1671805485039624194#m
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    R to @DaveAHopkins: A key takeaway point, in my view:
    A key takeaway point, in my view:
    I recently spoke with @MichaelBluhm of @thesignal about the new generational divide in American politics and its effects on the demographic composition and policy priorities of both Democrats & Republicans: https://www.thesgnl.com/2023/06/united-states-younger-generations-political-shift/
    I recently spoke with @MichaelBluhm of @thesignal about the new generational divide in American politics and its effects on the demographic composition and policy priorities of both Democrats & Republicans: thesgnl.com/2023/06/united-s…
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    RT by @emilyriehl: Dismayed to learn that @NSF, on the guidance of its General Counsel, is now denying funding to women-specific programs on the basis of potential Title IX violation. The Women in [Math Subject] programs have been an inspiring model for inclusion and collaboration — a huge loss.
    Dismayed to learn that @NSF, on the guidance of its General Counsel, is now denying funding to women-specific programs on the basis of potential Title IX violation. The Women in [Math Subject] programs have been an inspiring model for inclusion and collaboration — a huge loss.
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    I’m starting to believe the Simpsons are psychics!!
    I’m starting to believe the Simpsons are psychics!!
    This
    This
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    10 Great Recent Thriller Movies You Probably Haven’t Seen
    The thriller genre is hard to define. It’s not quite as black-and-white as a horror movie or a comedy, but at the same time, you know a thriller when you see one. The genre has always been popular because of its ability to keep viewers guessing until the credits roll. While the genre generally brings […]  ( 9 min )
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    Aren't we all, etc etc. https://tmblr.co/ZuM2Kye19eq_ae00
    Aren't we all, etc etc. tmblr.co/ZuM2Kye19eq_ae00
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    Democrats got shut out of Iowa's House delegation last year for the first time since 1994. But Republicans remain favored in all four of the state's House seats, writes @Redistrict. https://www.cookpolitical.com/analysis/house/iowa-house/2024-house-race-analysis-iowa
    Democrats got shut out of Iowa's House delegation last year for the first time since 1994. But Republicans remain favored in all four of the state's House seats, writes @Redistrict. cookpolitical.com/analysis/h…
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    Good morning from a rainy #SCOTUS, which will issue opinions at 10 am. There are 14 cases left to decide, summarized here: https://amylhowe.com/2023/06/22/after-the-release-of-4-opinions-14-cases-remaining/
    Good morning from a rainy #SCOTUS, which will issue opinions at 10 am. There are 14 cases left to decide, summarized here: amylhowe.com/2023/06/22/afte…
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    It’s worse than you might think: Passive corruption in the social sciences
    When I say “passive corruption,” I’m talking not about the people who directly cheat, but about those who know about cheating but don’t do anything about it, I suspect out of some mixture of the following motivations: 1. Not wanting … Continue reading →  ( 22 min )
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    Weighted versus unweighted percentiles by @ellis2013nz
    This interesting paper came out recently: A test of the predictive validity of relative versus absolute income for self-reported health and well-being in the United States, by David Brady, Michaela Curran and Richard Carpiano. It uses a large sample of... Continue reading: Weighted versus unweighted percentiles by @ellis2013nz  ( 23 min )
    How to generate a hex sticker with {openai} and {cropcircles}
    Every R package needs a hex sticker. Here's how you can generate one in seconds using generative AI. Continue reading: How to generate a hex sticker with {openai} and {cropcircles}  ( 12 min )
    Bootstrap Function in R: Resampling with the lapply and sample Functions
    Introduction Continue reading: Bootstrap Function in R: Resampling with the lapply and sample Functions  ( 12 min )
    rOpenSci Champions Program Teams: Meet Ghozayel Elotteebi and Zebulun Arendsee
    We designed the rOpenSci Champions Program with a mentorship aspect. Mentoring plays a significant role in the growth and development of both mentors and mentees alike. In our program, each Champion has a mentor who accompanies them during their train... Continue reading: rOpenSci Champions Program Teams: Meet Ghozayel Elotteebi and Zebulun Arendsee  ( 9 min )
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    Plagiarism scandal engulfs high-profile academic in Latvia
    Two years after it was quietly retracted “due to plagiarism,” a paper by a prominent researcher in Latvia has set the country’s media ablaze, drawing comments from, among others, the minister of education and science and the rector of a leading university.  The plagiarized paper came to public attention in March when the Latvian magazine … Continue reading Plagiarism scandal engulfs high-profile academic in Latvia  ( 8 min )
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    No. Hell no. Absolutely not. Urkel does not "Get head"
    No. Hell no. Absolutely not. Urkel does not "Get head"
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    Book Review: How Our Hands Reveal Our Thoughts
    Gesturing with our hands and bodies represents “an undercurrent of conversation” that takes place everywhere in parallel to speech, according to Susan Goldin-Meadow, a psychologist and the author of “Thinking with Your Hands: The Surprising Science Behind How Gestures Shape Our Thoughts.”  ( 13 min )
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    Sensitivity and Severity: Gardiner and Zaharatos (2022) (i)
    I’ve been reading an illuminating paper by Georgi Gardiner and Brian Zaharatos (Gardiner and Zaharatos, 2022; hereafter, G & Z), “The safe, the sensitive and the severely tested,” that forges links between contemporary epistemology and my severe testing account. It’s part of a collection published in Synthese on “Recent issues in Philosophy of Statistics”.  Gardiner […]  ( 24 min )
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    Garden Path Sentence
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    this is my heroin
    this is my heroin
    at inbox zero. (all i had to do was change jobs)
    at inbox zero. (all i had to do was change jobs)
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    RT by @Nature: Deletion of a protein called TIM-1 from B cells reduces tumour burden in a mouse model of skin cancer https://go.nature.com/44dYUoH
    Deletion of a protein called TIM-1 from B cells reduces tumour burden in a mouse model of skin cancer go.nature.com/44dYUoH
    Nature research paper: Signalling by senescent melanocytes hyperactivates hair growth https://go.nature.com/46e5Ns9
    Nature research paper: Signalling by senescent melanocytes hyperactivates hair growth go.nature.com/46e5Ns9
    Despite concerns from several nations and international groups, Japan is pressing ahead with plans to release water contaminated by the 2011 meltdown of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean https://go.nature.com/3pjp7DI
    Despite concerns from several nations and international groups, Japan is pressing ahead with plans to release water contaminated by the 2011 meltdown of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean go.nature.com/3pjp7DI
    RT by @Nature: 'We must evolve into something new': the vision for rebuilding Ukraine's research system -- report by me & Nisha Gaind @Nature https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02031-8
    'We must evolve into something new': the vision for rebuilding Ukraine's research system -- report by me & Nisha Gaind @Nature nature.com/articles/d41586-0…
    War shattered Ukrainian science — its rebirth is now taking shape https://go.nature.com/44cXpax
    War shattered Ukrainian science — its rebirth is now taking shape go.nature.com/44cXpax
    Latest Nature Careers podcast: a collaboration to tackle child malnutrition in Bangladesh https://go.nature.com/46iUQ8z
    Latest Nature Careers podcast: a collaboration to tackle child malnutrition in Bangladesh go.nature.com/46iUQ8z
    Excerpts from after-action interviews regarding the incident at Penn Station https://go.nature.com/42Ue3KM
    Excerpts from after-action interviews regarding the incident at Penn Station go.nature.com/42Ue3KM
    RT by @Nature: This week's dip into Nature's archive features the architect Christopher Wren using his astronomy skills to assess an observatory proposal, and considers questions about cyclones https://go.nature.com/3Jqu3xg
    This week's dip into Nature's archive features the architect Christopher Wren using his astronomy skills to assess an observatory proposal, and considers questions about cyclones go.nature.com/3Jqu3xg
    RT by @Nature: More carrot, less stick: some very promising changes to the research assessment in the UK have been announced. The challenge will be to ensure they are implemented well https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-01990-2
    More carrot, less stick: some very promising changes to the research assessment in the UK have been announced. The challenge will be to ensure they are implemented well nature.com/articles/d41586-0…
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    Producer prices up 1.1 percent from May 2022 to May 2023 https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2023/producer-prices-up-1-1-percent-from-may-2022-to-may-2023.htm #BLSdata
    Producer prices up 1.1 percent from May 2022 to May 2023 bls.gov/opub/ted/2023/produc… #BLSdata
    Producer prices up 1.1 percent from May 2022 to May 2023 https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2023/producer-prices-up-1-1-percent-from-may-2022-to-may-2023.htm #BLSdata
    Producer prices up 1.1 percent from May 2022 to May 2023 bls.gov/opub/ted/2023/produc… #BLSdata
    See our interactive graphics on how Americans spend their time https://www.bls.gov/charts/american-time-use/ #ATUS #BLSdata #DataViz
    See our interactive graphics on how Americans spend their time bls.gov/charts/american-time… #ATUS #BLSdata #DataViz
    34% of employed persons do some work at home on days they work in 2022 https://www.bls.gov/news.release/atus.nr0.htm #ATUS #BLSdata
    34% of employed persons do some work at home on days they work in 2022 bls.gov/news.release/atus.nr… #ATUS #BLSdata
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    Approximation Methods in Bayesian Analysis [#3]
    My last day (#4) at the workshop, as I had to return to Paris earlier. A rather theoretical morning again, with Morgane Austern on (probabilistic) concentration inequalities on transport distances, far from my comfort zone if lively, Jason Xu on replacing non-convex penalisation factors to distances to the corresponding manifold, which I found most interesting […]  ( 7 min )
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    Approximation Methods in Bayesian Analysis [#3]
    My last day (#4) at the workshop, as I had to return to Paris earlier. A rather theoretical morning again, with Morgane Austern on (probabilistic) concentration inequalities on transport distances, far from my comfort zone if lively, Jason Xu on replacing non-convex penalisation factors to distances to the corresponding manifold, which I found most interesting […]  ( 7 min )
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    RT by @pixelatedboat: shut it down - this is the best tweet
    shut it down - this is the best tweet
    RT by @pixelatedboat: sometimes people wonder, 'is the ape from the original 'donkey kong' the cranky kong we see in 'donkey kong country'? 'is the donkey kong from 'donkey kong country' actually DK jr?' i think this simple diagram should explain:
    sometimes people wonder, 'is the ape from the original 'donkey kong' the cranky kong we see in 'donkey kong country'? 'is the donkey kong from 'donkey kong country' actually DK jr?' i think this simple diagram should explain:
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    Debunking the Myth of the National Dish
    In 1889, a rakish Neapolitan pizzaiolo by the name of Raffaele Esposito gifted three of his pies to Queen Margherita of Savoy, the beautiful Piedmontese wife of King Umberto I. As the story goes, he fashioned one with the colors of the freshly unified nation of Italy’s flag and named it, of course, pizza Margherita. A plaque in Naples proudly declares where the queen’s meal allegedly took place. There’s just one catch to this familiar tale: None of it is true. In her latest book, National Dish: Around the World in Search of Food, History, and the Meaning of Home, Anya von Bremzen goes on a multi-year quest to parse the myths and misunderstandings swirling around canonical foods like pizza Margherita. In the process, she “crushes” bowls of noodles with a ramen otaku in Tokyo, learns to ma…  ( 29 min )
    The Disappeared City Center of Kostrzyn in Kostrzyn nad Odrą, Poland
    The modern Polish city of Kostrzyn nad Odrą lies directly on the Oder river, which has formed the border between Poland and Germany since World War II. Prior to 1945, the city was mostly inhabited by ethnic Germans and called "Küstrin" (also listed in some places as "Cüstrin"), but the German residents were forced to leave as a result of the border changes after the war. Ethnic Poles settled in their place, although not in the strictest geographical sense: the historical city centre of Kostrzyn/Küstrin was so throughly destroyed in the war that it had become uninhabitable, so the incoming Poles built what amounted to a new city center about 1 km (0.6 miles) to the northeast. The historical city center, once a densely-populated, fortified settlement on the Oder River, was left to fall into ruin, and was eventually torn down entirely. Today, the historical center is a free public park that has been largely reclaimed by nature. The foundations and cellars of the pre-war buildings are still visible, the main sights (like the church, city hall, and market square) are all labeled, and the original streets are still signposted, as if directing tourists around a ghostly city that still exists among the ruins. There is a small, free museum near the former city center's entrance (next to the old border crossing) as well as a larger paid, seasonal museum in the "Filip Bastion", one of the surviving fortifications on the eastern edge of the former city center. There are few restrictions in the park and it's possible to explore the city ruins to your heart's content.  ( 13 min )
    Tomb of the Wet Kimono in Fukuoka, Japan
    The Japanese idiom nureginu has been in continuous use since the Heian period (794-1185) and means "false accusation" or "frame-up," while its literal definition is "wet clothes." Though the word is frequently used today, its etymology remains rather obscure even to native Japanese speakers. Still, it is no doubt an idiom suggesting the existence of some sort of story behind its origin. Legend has it that, during the reign of Emperor Shōmu (724-749), a nobleman named Chikayo Sano was appointed as the governor of Chikuzen Province (today Fukuoka) and came from Kyoto to Hakata, bringing his daughter Haruhime and his second wife. Envious of her stepdaughter's beauty, Sano's wife decided to frame her up and ruin her life. She bribed the local fisherman and bought his still-wet kimono, then hung it up in Haruhime's room. When Sano came back home that night, his wife told him that Haruhime has stolen the fisherman's kimono—or, according to a variation of the story, is having an affair with him—and upon seeing the wet kimono in her room, Sano became furious and killed her in her sleep. A year later, the ghost of Haruhime appeared in Sano's dreams, claiming her innocence. Realizing his irreversible mistake, Sano turned his back on the world and spent the rest of his life as a monk. Today, on the site of the Nureginu-zuka or the "Tomb of the Wet Kimono" stands a basalt stele, with three Sanskrit letters and the date 1344 inscribed on it. Originally standing beside the west gate of Shōfuku-ji Temple, it was first relocated to the Mikasa riverside during the Edo period, and then moved again to its current place in 2001. There is also a relief depicting the legend on the nearby Ishido Bridge.  ( 13 min )
    Pronssikautinen Hauta in Helsinki, Finland
    If you take a walk along the sea in Humallahdenpuisto in Töölo neighborhood of Helsinki, just after you pass Kesäranta Villa, the official residence of the Prime Minister of Finland, you will come upon a small cliff offering a majestic view of the bay. An unassuming pile of rocks marked by a simple metal plaque can easily escape your notice. However, this pile of rocks represents by far the oldest still-standing human-made structure in the city of Helsinki. It is a Bronze Age burrow grave of an unknown individual. The grave is estimated to be over 3,000 years old. The choice of the location and the amount of effort needed to make it tell us that its occupant must have enjoyed a special status in his community in their lifetime. Unfortunately, very little else is known about this burial site.  ( 12 min )
    Fontana Boathouse in Buffalo, New York
    This boathouse, commissioned in 1905 for Cudworth Beye, a friend of Frank Lloyd Wright's, wanted a boathouse for the University of Wisconsin crew tea—in Buffalo, New York. The structure featured Wright's very first perfectly flat roof, and was the only boathouse he ever designed. However, a lack of budget on the students' part led to it never being built. While Wright did finish the plans, it was never built in Wright's or even Beye's lifetime, and for a long time it remained the only unbuilt building in Wright's famous Wasmuth Portfolio, a German book containing multiple works of his that first skyrocketed his popularity across the world. Luckily, in 2007, construction began on this beautiful structure, with the assistance of one of Wright's apprentices. Today it not only serves its original purpose as a place for a boating group (The West Side Rowing Club nowadays), but it also holds weddings and tours, of which there is more information on its website. It's a hidden gem in the shadows of other Wright-designed buildings in Buffalo, like the Darwin D. Martin House.  ( 13 min )
    How the Britpop Legends Blur Almost Launched the U.K. Space Program
    Secret Obsessions is Atlas Obscura’s new column where we ask wondrous people to take us down a rabbit hole. This edition features the drummer of the British band Blur, Dave Rowntree, as told to Associate Editor Sarah Durn. I got my first telescope for Christmas when I was nine or 10. Growing up, I would spend hours and hours out in the back garden, staring up at the stars and planets in the shadow of our very conventional two-up, two-down, semi-detached house in Colchester, some 50 miles northeast of London. I would stick it out for as long as I could, until I got so cold that I had to come in. Ever since I've always had a telescope. As I got older, I still carried on looking through telescopes, but the band started taking off in the 1990s, so that took up most of my time. Once I wa…  ( 24 min )
    Hosotsuji Ihee Museum in Kyoto, Japan
    Tenugui is a sort of traditional Japanese towel, literally meaning “hand wiper,” but often used for other purposes than simply wiping one’s hands. Historically, it was an all-purpose piece of cloth; some wore it as a scarf, some wrapped bento boxes with it, while it was also used in place of a belt, bandage, apron, and diaper. One of Japan’s oldest continuously running businesses, Eirakuya was originally established in 1615 by fabric merchant Hosotsuji Ihe’e, a favorite of Oda Nobunaga—one of the most illustrious figures in Japanese history. The shop’s name derives from Eiraku Tsūhō, a Ming dynasty coin that widely circulated back then, so common that Nobunaga adopted it as one of his crests. Men of the Hosotsuji clan also wore the coin crest to show their loyalty to the samurai warlord…  ( 14 min )
    Banned Books Museum in Tallinn, Estonia
    Hiding on one of the many picturesque streets of Tallinn's Old Town, this small, non-profit museum boasts a sneaky collection of the most famous banned books from around the world. Each exhibit is presented together with an explanation of why this certain publication has caught the eye of the censors, with the more controversial examples, like The Anarchist Cookbook, stored under the counter and produced on demand. The owner of the museum is a clear connoisseur of the banned and a passionate freedom of speech advocate, who will happily chat you through the many stories behind the books. And if you are feeling extra mischievous, you can even purchase a banned book to take home in the museum shop—or just a pair of very cool socks with a museum logo. The museum is open to donations too, if you happen to have a banned book on hand.  ( 12 min )
    Librería Porrúa's Sor Juana Book Mosaic in Mexico City, Mexico
    Inés de Asbaje y Ramírez de Santillana, who would later come to be known by the name of Sor (Sister) Juana Inés de la Cruz (Sor Juana for short), was a 17th-century writer who made an impact not only on the literature but also the religious establishment and feminism of New Spain, now Mexico. At the time, religious women were practically the only ones allowed to receive an education, so she joined a nunnery in her mid-teens in 1667. Two years later she would enter Mexico City's Convento de San Jerónimo, where she remained cloistered until her death in 1695. From this convent, she wrote a large number of poems and philosophical treatises, many of which advocated for women's rights, which was a rarity at the time, especially for someone embedded in the patriarchy of Catholicism. Sor Juana's impact continues to be felt to this day, and her habit-clad face has appeared on Mexican banknotes since the 1970s. A take on this same portrait is found in the Porrúa bookstore in the city's historic center. Librería Porrúa was established in 1900 by the three Porrúa brothers who immigrated from Spain. Their flagship bookstore, where this mosaic is located, was opened in 1910; although the building dates to the 18th century. Their 1914 Mexican poetry compilation is considered the first modern book entirely edited and printed in the country. Combining the heritages of Sor Juana (who was considered Criolla, or entirely of European descent) and the Porrúa Brothers, this mosaic can be seen as a tribute not only to literature in Mexico, but also to Spanish-Mexican culture. Unveiled on November 12, 2020, the mural sits on shelves 4.8 meters tall and 3.6 meters wide, and is made out of books and artists' charcoal. The date choice was not coincidental, as this was the 372nd anniversary of Sor Juana's birth. November 12 was also chosen as Mexico's National Book Day in 1980, again in honor of Sor Juana's importance, making this tribute doubly significant.  ( 13 min )
    Oratorio dei Morti in Bergamo, Italy
    Sometimes referred to as the Oratorio dei Morti di Peste del 1630, this chapel was erected in memory of those that died of plague in the year 1630.  The history of this church goes back to the year 1044, when a deed was drawn mentioning a church dedicated to San Lorenzo, which indicated that this church was one of the oldest in existence at the time. Unfortunately, the original structure was destroyed to make place for a new fortification during the 16th century. While the old one was being destroyed, a new one was being constructed. Completed by the end of the 16th century, the new church of San Lorenzo alla Boccola is the very same structure that has survived to this day. History, however, took a sharp turn during the next century. An outbreak of plague that had spread throughout Europe finally reached Italy and, between 1629 and 1631, this pestilence claimed at least 280,000 lives—with some estimates putting the figure to 1 million. In memory of those that died of plague, the Oratorio dei Morti was built next to the church of San Lorenzo alla Boccola. Above the door, it is believed that a semi-circular lintel used to frame a fresco by Vincenzo Bonomini. However, by the beginning of the 20th century, all that was left of this artwork were faint blotches, and it was decided that a new fresco should replace it. A young artist by the name of Emilio Nembrini undertook this mission, and the new fresco was unveiled in 1936. The new monochromatic fresco is dominated by two main figures, Death and the dead, which are standing on each side of a slate that bears the following text: “resting here from the church move the bones of our brothers pray to their souls solace light and peace.” Although punctuation is not present, the meaning is quite straightforward.  To complete this somber composition are leaves, wreaths, skulls, and reclining pillars.  ( 13 min )
    Borden Condensery in Walden, New York
    Borden's Condensed Milk Factory was built in 1884 on 1,500 acres and employed hundreds of workers who also lived on the grounds. With a railroad running through the back (now a rail trail through neighboring towns), it supplied condensed milk to New York City and surrounding areas. The condensary was designed to process the milk of some 5,000 cows from nearby farms. Today, Borden Dairy continues to bring goods to our grocery stores, most noticeable by their mascot "Elsie" the cow.  ( 12 min )
    Sternenwächter in Berlin, Germany
    Many professions have stereotypical dresses that make them instantly recognizable. Doctors have a lab coat and a stethoscope, fireman have a yellow hard hat, and so on. However, many of these stereotypes change over time, to the point where the old ones are no longer recognizable. The wizard-like robes and pointy hat of the astronomer is one such getup.  The Sternenwächter, or the Astronomer, is a statue that was built by Christine Gersch in 2005 on a small square in Berlin that was named after the 18th-century astronomer Caroline Herschel. She is known for her many discoveries, star catalogs, and for being the first female scientist to get a salary for her work. (She and her brother William's former home in England is now the Herschel Museum of Astronomy.) The statue represents an old depiction of an astronomer, who walks around with blue robes and a pointy hat.  ( 12 min )
    Brooks Aqueduct in Tilley, Alberta
    The Brooks Aqueduct was built between 1912 and 1914 as part of an irrigation system to provide water to the arid farmlands of southeastern Alberta. At the time of its completion, it was the world's longest elevated concrete structure when completed. The main section of the aqueduct spans a 3.2-kilometer valley at an average elevation of 20 meters. Though the aqueduct is no longer functional, it has been preserved as a historic site.  ( 12 min )
    Keflavik F4-Phantom in Grænásbraut, Iceland
    Just outside of Iceland Aviation Academy stands this jet fighter that belongs to the 57th Fighter Interceptor Squadron, also known as "The Black Knights of Keflavik." This squadron was stationed at Naval Air Station Keflavik and was inactivated on March 1, 1995. The airfield was originally named Meeks Field, assumed a civilian role, and is currently Keflavik International Airport. This tandem two-seat, twin-engine long-range supersonic jet interceptor and fighter was built McDonnel Aircraft for the United States Navy. The craft was once the most-produced American supersonic aircraft in history. It was widely used in the Vietnam War and also played a major role in the Cold War.  ( 12 min )
    Podcast: The Hand Collection
    Listen and subscribe on Stitcher, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all major podcast apps. In this episode of The Atlas Obscura Podcast, we ask how much you can learn about a person from their hands. Hear the story of a doctor who made it possible for us to hold on to the stories of presidents, astronauts, musicians, artists, and more … through bronze molds of their hands. Our podcast is an audio guide to the world’s wondrous, awe-inspiring, strange places. In under 15 minutes, we’ll take you to an incredible site, and along the way you’ll meet some fascinating people and hear their stories. Join us daily, Monday through Thursday, to explore a new wonder with cofounder Dylan Thuras and a neighborhood of Atlas Obscura reporters.  ( 14 min )
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    RT by @ground_guru: Always enjoy listening to Russell Martin talk about the game.
    Always enjoy listening to Russell Martin talk about the game. nitter.net/ground_guru/status/1671589423438340110#m
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    "When asked which was more important in choosing a nominee for president, a candidate who stands 'on conservative principles' or one who had 'the best chance to beat Joe Biden,' only 35% chose defeating Biden." @amyewalter on why 2024 isn't like 2016: https://www.cookpolitical.com/analysis/national/national-politics/why-2024-gop-primary-isnt-2016
    "When asked which was more important in choosing a nominee for president, a candidate who stands 'on conservative principles' or one who had 'the best chance to beat Joe Biden,' only 35% chose defeating Biden." @amyewalter on why 2024 isn't like 2016: cookpolitical.com/analysis/n…
    Republicans in Washington are rallying behind Army veteran Sam Brown in #NVSen. But strategists in Silver State are not quite convinced. https://www.cookpolitical.com/analysis/senate/nevada-senate/national-gop-eyes-brown-nevada-senate-state-skepticism-lingers
    Republicans in Washington are rallying behind Army veteran Sam Brown in #NVSen. But strategists in Silver State are not quite convinced. cookpolitical.com/analysis/s…
    Republicans believe the right #IN01 candidate could unseat Rep. Frank J. Mrvan in 2024. Plus, we take a look at where the races stand in Indiana's two open House seats: #IN03 and #IN05. Read @Redistrict's latest: https://www.cookpolitical.com/analysis/house/indiana-house/2024-house-race-analysis-indiana
    Republicans believe the right #IN01 candidate could unseat Rep. Frank J. Mrvan in 2024. Plus, we take a look at where the races stand in Indiana's two open House seats: #IN03 and #IN05. @Redistrict's latest: cookpolitical.com/analysis/h…
    Independents "are concerned about Biden’s age (he turns 82 shortly after the 2024 election), his physical health, and cognitive abilities—not just right now but about where it might be in five years." @CharlieCookDC on what's motivating independents: https://www.cookpolitical.com/analysis/national/national-politics/despite-his-legal-perils-trumps-standing-among-independents
    Independents "are concerned about Biden’s age (he turns 82 shortly after the 2024 election), his physical health, and cognitive abilities—not just right now but about where it might be in five years." @CharlieCookDC on what's motivating independents: cookpolitical.com/analysis/n…
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    The Incredible Things That Happened Once I Started Writing
    You will be amazed by the possibilities once you stop caring Continue reading on The Writing Cooperative »
    Why Do We Keep On Writing?
    On the parallels between writing, meditation, and cooking for friends Continue reading on The Writing Cooperative »
    Q&A: Showrunner Marc Guggenheim Discusses the TV Series That Changed His Life…and Broke His Heart
    The “ARROW” creator goes in-depth about the iconic series that made him the person he is and how rebooting it traumatized him Continue reading on The Writing Cooperative »
    Use Craft Classes to Make Your Self-Published Novel Even Better
    Focus on what will move your writing forward Continue reading on The Writing Cooperative »
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    What is Star Anise?
    What it is, where it comes from, and how to use it.  ( 12 min )
    Why Bamboo Cutting Boards Are Terrible for Your Knives
    Here’s why we seriously advise against bamboo cutting boards—and what to buy instead (with tested recommendations).  ( 14 min )
    Scrape, Lift, Divide, Clean: Why You Need a Bench Scraper
    Aftering testing eight bench scrapers, we named the model from OXO our top pick.  ( 11 min )
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    RT by @ScienceMagazine: Without a zone of uncertainty plus other troubling features, generative #AI is poised to amplify bias and falsehoods, distort human perception https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adi0248 @ScienceMagazine by @celestekidd @KiddLab and @Abebab @tctdublin @mozilla
    Without a zone of uncertainty plus other troubling features, generative #AI is poised to amplify bias and falsehoods, distort human perception science.org/doi/10.1126/scie… @ScienceMagazine @celestekidd @KiddLab and @Abebab @tctdublin @mozilla
    RT by @ScienceMagazine: Check out our new study in @sciencemagazine. We show that NAC controls N-terminal methionine excision by MetAP1 in eukaryotes. Our results suggest a broader mechanism for how access of protein biogenesis factors to the translating ribosome is controlled. https://bit.ly/42SU6nN
    Check out our new study in @sciencemagazine. We show that NAC controls N-terminal methionine excision by MetAP1 in eukaryotes. Our results suggest a broader mechanism for how access of protein biogenesis factors to the translating ribosome is controlled. bit.ly/42SU6nN
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    That's in addition to the opinions expected tomorrow at 10 am.
    That's in addition to the opinions expected tomorrow at 10 am. nitter.net/AHoweBlogger/status/1671971279463653377#m
    #SCOTUS calendar indicates that the Court will release opinions again on Tuesday, June 27. The justices have 14 cases left to decide: https://amylhowe.com/2023/06/22/after-the-release-of-4-opinions-14-cases-remaining/
    #SCOTUS calendar indicates that the Court will release opinions again on Tuesday, June 27. The justices have 14 cases left to decide: amylhowe.com/2023/06/22/afte…
    Yes, Jones v. Hendrix, decided today, in which #SCOTUS appointed a lawyer to defend the 8th Circuit's reasoning when the federal govt declined to do so.
    Yes, Jones v. Hendrix, decided today, in which #SCOTUS appointed a lawyer to defend the 8th Circuit's reasoning when the federal govt declined to do so. nitter.net/tazinbays/status/1671921858751479822#m
    Brian Goldman explored this very issue in some detail in the Stanford Law Review: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1693669
    Brian Goldman explored this very issue in some detail in the Stanford Law Review: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.… nitter.net/profsteed/status/1671919454165385246#m
    As much fun as it is to discuss about box counts, R numbers, and the like on #SCOTUS opinion days, this seems like a much more reasonable process. Oh, and they live stream the opinion announcements too!
    As much fun as it is to discuss about box counts, R numbers, and the like on #SCOTUS opinion days, this seems like a much more reasonable process. Oh, and they live stream the opinion announcements too! nitter.net/AppellateDaily/status/1671868839272005632#m
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    The World Rallied to Find Missing Titan Sub but Ignored Shipwrecked Migrants
    The massive search for a missing submersible was a stark contrast to the treatment of a ship packed with people fleeing conflict
    Gas Stoves Emit More of the Carcinogen Benzene Than Expected
    Stanford University researchers found high levels of the carcinogen benzene in California and Colorado homes that used gas stoves
    Strange Giant Filaments Reveal a Mystery at the Milky Way's Heart
    Astrophysicist Farhad Yusef-Zadeh has spent decades peering into the center of the Milky Way galaxy, discovering hundreds of enigmatic filaments in the process
    Strange Giant Filaments Reveal a Mystery at the Milky Way's Heart
    Astrophysicist Farhad Yusef-Zadeh has spent decades peering into the center of the Milky Way galaxy, discovering hundreds of enigmatic filaments in the process
    A Common Diabetes Drug May Prevent Long COVID in Some People
    The drug metformin cut long COVID risk by 41 percent in both people who were overweight and those with obesity. But treatments remain elusive
    What Safety Features Should Subs like the Titan Be Equipped With?
    With the Titan vessel's fate yet to be determined, an expert explains the safety features that should be onboard such a submersible
    The First Person to be Diagnosed with Autism Has Died at 89
    A 1943 paper highlighted a “Donald T”—Case 1 of 11 children with “autistic disturbances of affective contact”
    To Find Life in the Universe, Find the Computation
    The discovery that life on Earth looks a lot like information propagating itself offers new clues, and new directions, to the hunt for life elsewhere
    This Astronomer Discovered What the Stars Were Made Of, and Few Believed Her Discovery
    Nearly 100 years ago a young astronomer named Cecilia Payne changed the way we see the stars in the sky because she was able to look into their burning heart and see something no one else ever had
    Black Holes Evaporate--Now Physicists Think Everything Else Does, Too
    Physicists knew black holes eventually disappear particle by particle. Now they think everything else does, too
    The Heart Can Sway Our Perception of Time
    Our sense of time can expand or contract with the rhythm of each heartbeat
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    Bits & Bobs were found in an abyssal trench known as "The Cretin's Cunt", inhospitable to human life, lowering odds of survival to about 50%
    Bits & Bobs were found in an abyssal trench known as "The Cretin's Cunt", inhospitable to human life, lowering odds of survival to about 50%
    Lordy theres tapes
    Lordy theres tapes
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    RT by @sciam: Summer heat is here, and you're dripping with sweat. Now science has discovered the fastest cool-down technique--you hold the secret in the palms of your hands. @tanyalewis314 and I tell you how to do it in the new Your Health Quickly podcast from @sciam. https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/how-to-cool-down-fast-in-summer-heat/
    Summer heat is here, and you're dripping with sweat. Now science has discovered the fastest cool-down technique--you hold the secret in the palms of your hands. @tanyalewis314 and I tell you how to do it in the new Your Health Quickly podcast from @sciam. scientificamerican.com/podca…
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    MIT-Pillar AI Collective announces first seed grant recipients
    Six teams conducting research in AI, data science, and machine learning receive funding for projects that have potential commercial applications.  ( 9 min )
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    Driver who killed five was issued MN driver’s license just 9 days before crash
    Plus: damage from Coon Rapids house explosion; Native leaders want more engagement in DOJ findings; Alexandria lakes to get boat channel upgrade; and more.  ( 7 min )
    What’s so special about Minnesota?
    During our summer fundraiser, we're reflecting on what's special about Minnesota: access to news.  ( 6 min )
    Swiftieapolis: Must-know info if you’re among 500,000 headed to downtown Minneapolis this weekend for Taylor Swift, Pride
    In some ways, the busy weekend isn’t all that different from the Super Bowls and the NCAA men’s basketball Final Four three times since 1992.  ( 12 min )
    Islam’s call to prayer is ringing out in more US cities – affirming a long and growing presence of Muslims in America
    For the citizens of Minneapolis and for many Muslims across the United States, a change to the city's sound ordinance represents a historic moment.  ( 17 min )
    Weekend Picks: Twin Cities Jazz Festival, the Dalai Lama, and an AR Sacred Hoop Walk
    Plus: Blaine to unveil mural created by artists with disabilities; Sharon Bridgforth's work at Pillsbury House; Tia Keobounpheng new exhibit at Mia; and more.  ( 18 min )
    Does Minnesota allow bars to operate 24 hours a day during the Women’s World Cup?
    No. During the 2023 Women’s World Cup, Minnesota bars cannot sell alcohol 24 hours a day but are allowed to do so “30 minutes before, during, and 30 minutes after a scheduled broadcast of a live World Cup match.”  ( 9 min )
    Does a Department of Justice study show Minneapolis police stopped Native and Black Americans at more than 6 times the rate of others?
    Yes. The Department of Justice estimates the Minneapolis Police Department stopped Black people 6.5 times and Native Americans 7.9 times more than white people from 2016 to 2022.  ( 7 min )
    Out-of-state patients contributing to surge in abortion procedures in Minnesota
    Plus: Names released in fatal plane crash; air quality worsens again; haunted attraction coming to Mall of America; and more.  ( 9 min )
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    stick with freezer beef
    stick with freezer beef  ( 1 min )
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    Neanderthal bone markets in everything?
    Did Neanderthal produce a bone industry? The recent discovery of a large bone tool assemblage at the Neanderthal site of Chagyrskaya (Altai, Siberia, Russia) and the increasing discoveries of isolated finds of bone tools in various Mousterian sites across Eurasia stimulate the debate. Assuming that the isolate finds may be the tip of the iceberg […] The post Neanderthal bone markets in everything? appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments In reply to RAD. For example, I learned that historically ... by Wreck-diver In reply to ohwilleke. It would alter our understanding of ... by Well, actually In reply to RAD. Every word of this comment is insightful and ... by Agreed In reply to Depends on what you mean by “trade”. It's ... by Exactly In reply to Zach. You're assuming that the concept of ... by Not So Fast Plus 10 more...  ( 7 min )
    Thursday assorted links
    1. Zurich and Winterthur move to a $26.70 minimum wage (in German).  Is that higher than the average wage in Germany? 2. Much more transmission capacity is needed. 3. China claim of the day: “Wow ByteDance buying $1Bn of NVIDIA AI chips in first half of this year is a lot … that’s 100K chips. […] The post Thursday assorted links appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments In reply to RAD. Pumped hydro is a pipe dream. America does ... by Hopaulius In reply to EdR. You've used the environmentalist n-word, the ... by Hopaulius In reply to Floccina. Subject: Summer Internship Programme ... by TExas In reply to kailer. It would be ironic if we built offshore ... by EdR In reply to RAD. Have not looked in detail, but I think the ... by Engineer Plus 10 more...  ( 6 min )
    China (Germany) fact of the day
    the hockey stick for China's global exports of finished cars. the suddenness of China's emergence is striking there is a new China shock in the making (tho more for the EU than the US) pic.twitter.com/itEV67xJQR — Brad Setser (@Brad_Setser) June 19, 2023 The post China (Germany) fact of the day appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments In reply to sxb. A standard wall socket (120V/15A) can add ... by PHinton In reply to sxb. Please stop writing about European housing ... by Please Stop In reply to I always enjoy the market cap argument. “I ... by JWatts Oh my God do none of the Americans here have any idea how their ... by Jim Carruthers In reply to Lord Action. Seriously, it would be consistent ... by Lord Action Plus 10 more... Related Stories Will Kenya take the lead in carbon removal? UK NHS fact of the day The Road to Socialism and Back: An Economic History of Poland, 1939–2019  ( 6 min )
    Why do wages grow faster for educated workers?
    The U.S. college wage premium doubles over the life cycle, from 27 percent at age 25 to 60 percent at age 55. Using a panel survey of workers followed through age 60, I show that growth in the college wage premium is primarily explained by occupational sorting. Shortly after graduating, workers with college degrees shift […] The post Why do wages grow faster for educated workers? appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments In reply to DrDavid. He would insist that we not conflate ... by TGGP In reply to BK. “Economic arguments about education often ... by TGGP In reply to Sure. I have yet to meet a resident who cannot ... by Sure In reply to Anon. Within the same law firm at least, a ... by Dufflepud In reply to BK. BK 1. “the majority of the human capital ... by EdR Plus 10 more... Related Stories High Fructose Corn Syrup and the Sugar Quota Update on the War on Poverty Nobels for practitioners of economics?  ( 7 min )
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    Does Mark Zuckerberg Own Too Much Meta?
    Also lawyers get paid, shadow trading, private equity recruiting, AI in ESG and Twitter pays its bills.  ( 2 min )
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    Coming in July! 🔥 We Have a 20% off Promo Code – Data Scientists & Data Professionals at New York R Conference
    The R Consortium is sponsoring the New York R Conference, presented by Lander Analytics! This in-person and virtual conference will be running from July 13-14, with workshops (tickets sold separately)... Continue reading: Coming in July! 🔥 We Have a 20% off Promo Code – Data Scientists & Data Professionals at New York R Conference  ( 9 min )
    A new function to plot convergence diagnostics from lme4::allFit()
    Linear mixed-effects models (LMM) offer a consistent way of performing regression and analysis of variance tests which allows accounting for non-independence in the data. Over the past decades, LMMs have subsumed most of the General Linear Model, with a steady increase in popularity (Meteyard & Davies, 2020). Since their conception, LMMs have ... Continue reading: A new function to plot convergence diagnostics from lme4::allFit()  ( 51 min )
    Mastering Repetition with R’s rep() Function: A Programmer’s Guide
    Introduction Continue reading: Mastering Repetition with R’s rep() Function: A Programmer’s Guide  ( 10 min )
    rOpenSci News Digest, June 2023
    Dear rOpenSci friends, it’s time for our monthly news roundup! You can read this post on our blog. rOpenSci HQ Meeting the stars of the R-universe: PEcAn, an Open Source Project ... Continue reading: rOpenSci News Digest, June 2023  ( 20 min )
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    Here are some ways of making your study replicable. (No, it’s not preregistration or increasing the sample size!)
    John Protzko, Jon Krosnick, Leif Nelson, Brian Nosek, Jordan Axt, Matthew Berent, Nick Buttrick, Matthew DeBell, Charles Ebersole, Sebastian Lundmark, Bo MacInnis, Michael O’Donnell, Hannah Perfecto, James Pustejovsky, Scott Roeder, Jan Walleczek, and Jonathan Schooler write: Failures to replicate evidence … Continue reading →  ( 19 min )
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    The legal standing of the serial comma
    [This is a guest post by Mark Cohen] I am wondering if members of this group have had experience with translating the Chinese serial comma or dùnhào 顿号  [、] ("the caesura sign; a slight-pause mark used to set off items in a series; punctuation mark used between parallel words or short phrases; sign of coordination; […]  ( 10 min )
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    ‘generate layered, smooth shadows’
    Smooth shadow generator [sachaa] I like it! 😎  ( 1 min )
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    Financial advisor failed to disclose he had sued the organization his paper criticized
    Earlier this year, a financial advisor published a paper purporting to find that his colleagues who had pursued accreditation as “Certified Financial Planners” (CFPs) were more likely to engage in misconduct.  What the paper didn’t mention: That he had sued the CFP Board, the organization that offered that certification, and given up his own CFP … Continue reading Financial advisor failed to disclose he had sued the organization his paper criticized  ( 11 min )
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    RT by @Zonal_Marking: A piece on the massive shift in punditry over the last couple of years, away from analysis & towards ex-players being asked to act like fans. (Believe it or not, this was largely written before the "How are the nerves now, Joleon?" Champions League final) https://theathletic.com/4600507/2023/06/22/pundits-are-not-there-to-act-as-fans/
    A piece on the massive shift in punditry over the last couple of years, away from analysis & towards ex-players being asked to act like fans. (Believe it or not, this was largely written before the "How are the nerves now, Joleon?" Champions League final) theathletic.com/4600507/2023…
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    AI Creators Want Us to Believe AI Is an Existential Threat. Why?
    In May, hundreds of AI industry insiders signed onto a statement that warned of a societal-scale risk of extinction from AI. Almost certainly, the warning was motivated not just by technical concerns but by deeper social and — yes — market forces, argues law professor and AI specialist Ryan Calo.  ( 12 min )
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    Minor operation in hospital yesterday, but I should go home today. Similar to Andrey Arshavin, “I heal like dog” 😂
    Minor operation in hospital yesterday, but I should go home today. Similar to Andrey Arshavin, “I heal like dog” 😂
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    On Being Useful
    I wrote this piece after an early-career friend of mine asked some very good questions on how to be useful. Since this is a thing I struggle a bit with myself, I thought it worthwhile to write up my thoughts. Note that I fully understand that not everyone has the luxury to think about their career like this – you first have to take care of yourself and family before you can start fretting about if your working life is saving the world!  ( 14 min )
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    StanCon 2023
    Last month I was at WashU campus for the Bayesian-for-nuclear-physics workshop. Today I am in WashU again: This time it is for StanCon 2023. Here is some of the random takeaway I obtain from the conference:  ( 4 min )

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    Writers, Privilege, And AI
    If you use ChatGPT, you are still a writer: it may even be essential to unleash more great writers  ( 14 min )
    Why I Make Frequent Attempts to Write Out of My Comfort Zone
    The possibility of writing on topics I’m not familiar with is not only a challenge, but also helps nullify repetitiveness Continue reading on The Writing Cooperative »  ( 18 min )
    Write Now With Samara Breger
    Continue reading on The Writing Cooperative »  ( 11 min )
    How Writing Poetry for Storymaker Made Me a Better Overall Writer
    And why it’s important to try new things as a writer from time to time Continue reading on The Writing Cooperative »  ( 15 min )
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    Real average hourly earnings up 0.2 percent for year ending May 2023 https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2023/real-average-hourly-earnings-up-0-2-percent-for-year-ending-may-2023.htm #BLSdata
    Real average hourly earnings up 0.2 percent for year ending May 2023 bls.gov/opub/ted/2023/real-a… #BLSdata
    Real average hourly earnings up 0.2 percent for year ending May 2023 https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2023/real-average-hourly-earnings-up-0-2-percent-for-year-ending-may-2023.htm #BLSdata
    Real average hourly earnings up 0.2 percent for year ending May 2023 bls.gov/opub/ted/2023/real-a… #BLSdata
    See our interactive graphics on today’s new #BLSdata on state job openings and labor turnover https://www.bls.gov/charts/state-job-openings-and-labor-turnover/ #DataViz #JOLTS
    See our interactive graphics on today’s new #BLSdata on state job openings and labor turnover bls.gov/charts/state-job-ope… #DataViz #JOLTS
    April job openings rates up in 13 states, down in 2; layoffs and discharges down in 10 https://www.bls.gov/news.release/jltst.nr0.htm #JOLTS #BLSdata
    April job openings rates up in 13 states, down in 2; layoffs and discharges down in 10 bls.gov/news.release/jltst.n… #JOLTS #BLSdata
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    Saamis Tepee in Medicine Hat, Alberta
    Just south of the Trans-Canada Highway and overlooking the Blackfoot buffalo jump is the Saamis Teepee. Designed for the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary as a symbol of Canada's Aboriginal heritage, it was moved to Medicine Hat in 1991. It stands over 20 stories high and was designed to withstand extreme temperatures and winds. During a January 2007 windstorm, a portion of the teepee was damaged. Upon further inspection, it was discovered that extensive weathering was partially to blame. After repairs were complete, the Saamis Teepee now stands approximately 15 feet (four meters) shorter.  ( 12 min )
    Eremo di Montespecchio in Murlo, Italy
    The Hermitage of Montespecchio, dedicated to Mary, was built in 1192 by monks of St. Augustine’s Order. The hermitage has unusual characteristics because of its walls of pink and black marble.  ( 12 min )
    Henry "Box" Brown in Richmond, Virginia
    Henry "Box" Brown was an abolitionist born into slavery during the early 19th century. After his wife and children were sold away to a North Carolina plantation in 1848, Brown sought to free himself from his bondage. Armed with only some water and a manual drill, he squeezed into a three-foot-long, two-foot-tall shipping box with only three air holes. He endured a 27-hour trip via wagon and steamer until he arrived safely in Philidelphia, Pennsylvania. Brown would go on to travel throughout New England to speak of the evils of enslavement.  Along the Richmond Canal walk rests a steel reproduction of Henry's box, memorializing the stories of those who sought freedom from Richmond's slavery.  ( 12 min )
    Bagot's Castle in Baginton, England
    Once a medieval castle fit for a king with a bustling village community, today the site of Bagot's Castle lies at the bottom of a hill, nestled between the A46 and Coventry Airport. The castle is somewhat mysterious, with little suggesting why it was built at the bottom of a hill or what it looked like, while the medieval village lies undisturbed beneath a field where a rare breed of goat calls home. In the Second World War, the Alvis Company built a tank testing track on the site running parallel to the River Sowe. Bagot's Castle is also home to a number of Bagot goats, one of the oldest known breeds of goat in Britain. These small black-and-white goats have been roaming the hills of this area for more than 600 years.  ( 12 min )
    The Grave of Ignacy Paderewski’s Heart in Doylestown, Pennsylvania
    Famous Polish composer and politician Ignacy Paderewski died unexpectedly in New York City in 1941. He had wanted to be buried either next to his wife in Paris, or in Poland, but at the time both were occupied by the Nazis. President Franklin Roosevelt had Paderewski's body interred inside the USS Maine Memorial in Arlington National Cemetery "until Poland is free." The war ended, but Poland still wasn't free; it was occupied by the USSR. Paris was free, but apparently, that destination wasn't appealing to the custodians of Paderewski's corpse. It stayed in Arlington until after the Berlin Wall fell in 1991, when it was finally returned to Poland. Paderewski's ashes were interred in a crypt at St. John's Archcathedral in Warsaw. But his heart stayed behind. He loved the United States so much that it was decided that his heart should remain here. It was extracted from his corpse and placed inside a bronze version of his head, which was then relocated to the Our Lady of Czestochowa Cemetery in predominantly Polish-American Doylestown, Pennsylvania. It's been there ever since.  ( 12 min )
    Franklin Roosevelt Statue in Reading, Pennsylvania
    As visitors travel down Reading Boulevard in Reading, Pennsylvania they will find a decades-old monument created and designed by a local resident.   Behind the monument is one of the nation’s busiest train tracks. The monument provides loads of questions and no answers. One can only assume that the adoration the creator had for Roosevelt drove them to design and fund this unique monument.  ( 12 min )
    Torchio a Leva Orizzontale in Cerveno, Italy
    Cerveno is a tiny rural village located in Valcamonica that dates back at least to the 14th century. The first mention of Cerveno was in a medieval treaty stating that this village sided with the Ghibellines. Although the fortunes of this village waxed and waned through the centuries, the one thing that remained constant was its vineyards. A network of narrow roads snakes through the estates surrounding Cerveno. Some estates consist of vineyards and other crops, while others are completely covered with vineyard lines. Unsurprisingly, the art of wine-making is an integral part of the village’s identity. Approaching Cerveno from the north, there is a gigantic horizontal lever press (Torchio a Leva Orizzontale) nestled between the vineyard and some ancient buildings. This is a working press…  ( 13 min )
    Warrington Transporter Bridge in Warrington, England
    Transporter bridges are rather unusual bridges. They don't have an elevated road or walkway crossing over a river, chasm, or any other obstacle. Instead, transporter bridges use a moving platform suspended under a boom to transfer people, vehicles, or other things from one end of the bridge to the other. They are usually built in locations where a normal bridge may not be functional for various reasons. For example, a drawbridge may not be practical in some locations with ship traffic, or if not enough space is available on either side of a riverbank for approach ramps leading to a standard road bridge, a transporter bridge might be a more practical alternative. Transporter bridges are also relatively rare. The United Kingdom currently has only three transporter bridges designed to carry vehicles, and the Warrington Transporter Bridge is one of them. The bridge was constructed in 1916 to connect two different parts of the chemical and soap plant operated by Joseph Crosfield & Sons. (This bridge was actually the second one built in Warrington over the River Mersey; the first bridge was built in 1905 but was later demolished in the 1960s.) The steel bridge, which spans a section of the river that is 61 meters wide, has a height of 23 meters and a total length of 103 meters. The bridge was originally used to transport railway vehicles from one side of the river to the other but was later modified in the 1940s to transport road vehicles. The bridge ceased to be used in 1964. It became a listed structure in 1975, which protected the bridge from demolition, but the bridge has been slowly decaying since. However, the people of Warrington are very proud of their bridge, and a group named the Friends of Warrington Transporter Bridge (FoWTB) formed in 2015 to raise awareness about the bridge as well as to work with Warrington Borough Council to try to restore the structure. The Warrington Transporter Bridge may still be non-functional, but it has become one of the defining symbols of Warrington.  ( 14 min )
    Gettysburg Dinosaur Tracks in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
    While traveling to Big Round Top via South Confederate Avenue, one drives (or walks) across Plum Run on an unassuming stone bridge and passes by evidence of the wildlife that once roamed here. Long before the Battle of Gettysburg occurred, dinosaurs roamed the area and left their mark. Located on the bridge are three dinosaur footprints. On one side is the print of Anchisauripus sillimani, a two-legged lion-sized meat eater. On the other are the prints of a dog-sized plant eater, Atreipus milfordensi. The bridge was made in 1938 from sandstone or siltstone taken from the Trostle Quarry in Adams County, Pennsylvania. There is nothing to indicate they are there so enjoy hunting for dinosaur tracks!  ( 12 min )
    Bud Spencer Museum in Berlin, Germany
    In the 1970s, Italian cinema saw a cultural renaissance with the debut of its beloved comic duo: Terence Hill and Bud Spencer, who starred together in a total of 18 films. Born Mario Girotti and Carlo Pedersoli, respectively, Hill and Spencer had a breakout in the 1967 film God Forgives…I Don’t, the first installment of a trilogy followed by Ace High and Boot Hill. While it was a typical Spaghetti Western, violent and picaresque, the duo rose to their stardom in a comedic take on the genre: They Call Me Trinity (1970). A cult classic, Trinity received a commercially successful sequel in 1971 and its theme song was used in the ending scene of Quentin Tarantino’s 2012 film Django Unchained. The duo’s characteristics were defined and solidified in Trinity, with Hill as an agile (but often…  ( 13 min )
    Thylacine Taxidermy in Sydney, Australia
    Towards the back of the biodiversity hall at the Australian Museum is a rare taxidermy specimen of an adult female thylacine (Thylacinus cynocephalus). With her golden fur and iconic rear stripes she stands tall beside a small, damaged pelvis of a dodo bird in an extinction display. This individual specimen was registered by the Australian Museum in 1902, 34 years before the last known individual thylacine died in captivity at the Beaumaris Zoo in Hobart. Upon close inspection, the taxidermist's stitching is visible along the marsupial's stomach and tail. These marks were made over 120 years ago. Thylacines were once found across mainland Australia and New Guinea, but evidence suggests that its range was restricted to Tasmania around 2,000 years ago. Considered a pest by European settlers, thylacines were falsely believed to kill livestock. From 1888-1909,  a government bounty led to their depletion in the wild. As the species became rare, specimens became valued by zoos, museums, and private collectors. According to the International Thylacine Specimen Database, over 750 individuals are in collections spread across 23 countries. From around 1999-2005, the Australian Museum was involved with a thylacine cloning project and scientists extracted thylacine DNA from preserved specimens in its collection. Although the Museum no longer participates in this project, it is an active area of research in Australia.  ( 12 min )
    Decatur Waterworks in Decatur, Georgia
    The Decatur Waterworks was originally built in 1907 and supplied water to the city of Decatur until the 1940s, but had been utilized as a public park since the 1930s, when many amenities like benches, grills, and a stone bridge that crosses over Burnt Fork Creek were added. This same bridge is now part of the trail that connects Medlock Park and Mason Mill Park. By 1939, the waterworks contained two storage tanks, an office building, two aeration and solid removal tanks, and two dams, one on Burnt Fork Creek and the other on South Peachtree Creek. By 1941 the city had outgrown the water capacity of the waterworks, so the property was leased out to Dekalb County. Dekalb continued to operate the facility and sold water to Decatur. Using the revenue from this venture, they funded a county-wide water treatment plant in Dunwoody, which is currently called the Scott Candler Plant. The waterworks supplied the Naval Air Station (now Peachtree Dekalb Airport) during World War II. During this time absolutely no recreational use was allowed. When the war ended the waterworks was given back to the city of Decatur and acted as a backup for their new system. While the waterworks were in use, the park was not being maintained or publicly used. By the early 1950s, the waterworks fell into a state of disrepair due to lack of use. Residents of nearby neighborhoods in the mid-1960s complained of flooding, and in response both dams were broken and the reservoirs were destroyed. The Decatur Waterworks was declared a historic site in 2006 and shortly after this, the construction of a trail began in 2008. This trail has received funding from the PATH Foundation and has since been completed.  ( 13 min )
    Podcast: Secret Places With Ashley Ray
    Listen and subscribe on Stitcher, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all major podcast apps. In this episode of The Atlas Obscura Podcast, we sit down with podcaster Ashley Ray, who has more than a soft spot for her Midwest hometown. Hear why she thinks it may just be the best kept secret. Ashley has her own podcast all about TV and culture. Check it out here. Our podcast is an audio guide to the world’s wondrous, awe-inspiring, strange places. In under 15 minutes, we’ll take you to an incredible site, and along the way you’ll meet some fascinating people and hear their stories. Join us daily, Monday through Thursday, to explore a new wonder with cofounder Dylan Thuras and a neighborhood of Atlas Obscura reporters.  ( 12 min )
    At Solstice, the Summer Triangle Is Full of Celestial Drama
    Atlas Obscura’s Wondersky columnist Rebecca Boyle is an award-winning science journalist and author of the upcoming Our Moon: How Earth’s Celestial Companion Transformed the Planet, Guided Evolution, and Made Us Who We Are (January 2024, Random House). Throughout the summer, she’ll be sharing the stories and secrets of our wondrous night sky. It is getting hotter. The days are still lengthening. The sun beats down from its highest point, heralding the long hot afternoons of summer in the Northern Hemisphere. Our star will crest at its northernmost point in the sky on the 21st, and will appear to “stand still” before moving back to the south over the coming days and weeks. This standstill is the northern summer solstice, the official start of summer, and a day for cooking on a grill, si…  ( 18 min )
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    A South Carolina stew in a deeply flavored, light-bodied sauce. https://www.seriouseats.com/lowcountry-stew-chicken-5216238?taid=6493812649cd0f00015154d1&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    A South Carolina stew in a deeply flavored, light-bodied sauce. seriouseats.com/lowcountry-s…
    This foolproof all-butter pie dough recipe uses a food processor to make a dough that's easy to work with and bakes up beautifully, every time. https://www.seriouseats.com/easy-pie-dough-recipe?taid=64938100ec6e3a0001e19af7&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    This foolproof all-butter pie dough recipe uses a food processor to make a dough that's easy to work with and bakes up beautifully, every time. seriouseats.com/easy-pie-dou…
    For a twist on the classic, this version of traditional Greek spanakopita uses an assortment of greens and tender herbs in addition to spinach. https://www.seriouseats.com/spanakopita-greek-savory-greens-pie?taid=649372f57bd79800015f9d0b&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    For a twist on the classic, this version of traditional Greek spanakopita uses an assortment of greens and tender herbs in addition to spinach. seriouseats.com/spanakopita-…
    A simple crepe batter that'll allow you to whip up French crepes for breakfast, lunch, or dinner. https://www.seriouseats.com/basic-crepes-batter-recipe?taid=6493650c49cd0f0001514abb&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    A simple crepe batter that'll allow you to whip up French crepes for breakfast, lunch, or dinner. seriouseats.com/basic-crepes…
    Seasoning and maintaining a cast iron pan is much simpler than you might imagine. https://www.seriouseats.com/how-to-season-cast-iron-pans-skillets-cookware?taid=649348df7bd79800015f8e37&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    Seasoning and maintaining a cast iron pan is much simpler than you might imagine. seriouseats.com/how-to-seaso…
    A deeply comforting, one-pot meal of chicken and rice, this recipe from Minas Gerais is chock full of peas, carrots, and plenty of garlic and onion. https://www.seriouseats.com/galinhada-mineira-brazilian-chicken-and-rice-from-minas-gerais-recipe-7229603?taid=64933ad5ec6e3a0001e183b4&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    A deeply comforting, one-pot meal of chicken and rice, this recipe from Minas Gerais is chock full of peas, carrots, and plenty of garlic and onion. seriouseats.com/galinhada-mi…
    Most salmon burgers fail to deliver on their promise, but not these. https://www.seriouseats.com/salmon-burgers-remoulade-fennel-slaw-recipe?taid=64932ccdec6e3a0001e17e42&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    Most salmon burgers fail to deliver on their promise, but not these. seriouseats.com/salmon-burge…
    These crispy hand pies are a must for any mezze spread. https://www.seriouseats.com/borek-5185229?taid=6493109a83d8050001b7919b&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    These crispy hand pies are a must for any mezze spread. seriouseats.com/borek-518522…
    Tender, well-marbled steak, sautéed onions, and melty provolone cheese served in a soft but sturdy hoagie roll define this classic Philly sandwich. https://www.seriouseats.com/philly-cheesesteak-recipe-7546830?taid=64930294ef81bc000113c807&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    Tender, well-marbled steak, sautéed onions, and melty provolone cheese served in a soft but sturdy hoagie roll define this classic Philly sandwich. seriouseats.com/philly-chees…
    This aromatic cheesecake can be made with any type of citrus, but it's hard to beat the tart, refreshing flavor of lemon. https://www.seriouseats.com/lemon-ricotta-cheesecake?taid=64924b9c6545c90001a23d7b&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    This aromatic cheesecake can be made with any type of citrus, but it's hard to beat the tart, refreshing flavor of lemon. seriouseats.com/lemon-ricott…
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    Nature research paper: Quantum-limited optical time transfer for future geosynchronous links https://go.nature.com/44dngPo
    Nature research paper: Quantum-limited optical time transfer for future geosynchronous links go.nature.com/44dngPo
    Nature research paper: Structure and function of the RAD51B–RAD51C–RAD51D–XRCC2 tumour suppressor https://go.nature.com/3qWHqiB
    Nature research paper: Structure and function of the RAD51B–RAD51C–RAD51D–XRCC2 tumour suppressor go.nature.com/3qWHqiB
    A CRISPR-based method makes T cells that thwart teens’ cancer https://go.nature.com/42SLMEF
    A CRISPR-based method makes T cells that thwart teens’ cancer go.nature.com/42SLMEF
    Research briefing: Uncovering a role for B cells in antitumour immunity https://go.nature.com/3Px0yO6
    Research briefing: Uncovering a role for B cells in antitumour immunity go.nature.com/3Px0yO6
    Nature research paper: Origin and evolutionary malleability of T cell receptor α diversity https://go.nature.com/46ht8Jj
    Nature research paper: Origin and evolutionary malleability of T cell receptor α diversity go.nature.com/46ht8Jj
    RT by @Nature: “Islands are a global #conservation priority,” says Alex Wegmann, director @nature_org's Palmyra programme. "The soil microbiome is one of the last frontiers that we absolutely should explore to be able to effectively restore these systems” Me for @Nature https://www.nature.com/immersive/d41586-023-01932-y/index.html
    “Islands are a global #conservation priority,” says Alex Wegmann, director @nature_org's Palmyra programme. "The soil microbiome is one of the last frontiers that we absolutely should explore to be able to effectively restore these systems” @Nature nature.com/immersive/d41586-…
    Time signals have been transmitted across 300 kilometres with an accuracy and precision limited only by the quantum nature of photons https://go.nature.com/3Jpfv19
    Time signals have been transmitted across 300 kilometres with an accuracy and precision limited only by the quantum nature of photons go.nature.com/3Jpfv19
    An elusive member of the gut microbiota can reduce cholesterol synthesis in the intestine https://go.nature.com/3p6XQo4
    An elusive member of the gut microbiota can reduce cholesterol synthesis in the intestine go.nature.com/3p6XQo4
    Open-source AI chatbots are booming — what does this mean for researchers? https://go.nature.com/3Poetq2
    Open-source AI chatbots are booming — what does this mean for researchers? go.nature.com/3Poetq2
    Nature research paper: Y chromosome loss in cancer drives growth by evasion of adaptive immunity https://go.nature.com/46iUGhu
    Nature research paper: Y chromosome loss in cancer drives growth by evasion of adaptive immunity go.nature.com/46iUGhu
    Nature research paper: Structural insights into BCDX2 complex function in homologous recombination https://go.nature.com/3PljrUb
    Nature research paper: Structural insights into BCDX2 complex function in homologous recombination go.nature.com/3PljrUb
    Nature research paper: X-ray polarization evidence for a 200-year-old flare of Sgr A* https://go.nature.com/3CDDE0b
    Nature research paper: X-ray polarization evidence for a 200-year-old flare of Sgr A* go.nature.com/3CDDE0b
    Nature research paper: Histone demethylase KDM5D upregulation drives sex differences in colon cancer https://go.nature.com/447XDQc
    Nature research paper: Histone demethylase KDM5D upregulation drives sex differences in colon cancer go.nature.com/447XDQc
    The Y chromosome could explain why men are less likely than women to survive some cancers, according to studies that combine data from mice and humans https://go.nature.com/3NGiaWA
    The Y chromosome could explain why men are less likely than women to survive some cancers, according to studies that combine data from mice and humans go.nature.com/3NGiaWA
    Researchers ventured to the world’s most remote island to study how fungi in soils could help to revive damaged ecosystems https://go.nature.com/3PFMJNN
    Researchers ventured to the world’s most remote island to study how fungi in soils could help to revive damaged ecosystems go.nature.com/3PFMJNN
    How do you measure something such as kindness, teamwork or quality of mentorship? UK researchers now have an opportunity to say what they think. https://go.nature.com/42VE2BI
    How do you measure something such as kindness, teamwork or quality of mentorship? UK researchers now have an opportunity to say what they think. go.nature.com/42VE2BI
    RT by @Nature: It was a routine stop that turned out to be anything but routine. The vehicle in question opened up a trail of criminal connections and misdirection. This was no ordinary plot — and the culprit was no ordinary criminal mastermind… #scifi by @ronfein https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-01991-1?utm_source=twt_nft&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=futures
    It was a routine stop that turned out to be anything but routine. The vehicle in question opened up a trail of criminal connections and misdirection. This was no ordinary plot — and the culprit was no ordinary criminal mastermind… #scifi by @ronfein nature.com/articles/d41586-0…
    Disputes over how to finance conservation of the world’s plants and animals have resurfaced between countries — threatening their ability to meet goals laid out in a historic plan signed late last year https://go.nature.com/3XeyXmZ
    Disputes over how to finance conservation of the world’s plants and animals have resurfaced between countries — threatening their ability to meet goals laid out in a historic plan signed late last year go.nature.com/3XeyXmZ
    The number of countries, regions, cities and companies worldwide that have set targets to reach net-zero emissions has increased significantly over the past two years, but the strategies needed to meet those pledges are lacking https://go.nature.com/3CFpJ9N
    The number of countries, regions, cities and companies worldwide that have set targets to reach net-zero emissions has increased significantly over the past two years, but the strategies needed to meet those pledges are lacking go.nature.com/3CFpJ9N
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    Heat waves kill more people than any other type of severe weather in the U.S. And climate change is making them more frequent and unpredictable https://trib.al/UHHLbnk
    Heat waves kill more people than any other type of severe weather in the U.S. And climate change is making them more frequent and unpredictable trib.al/UHHLbnk
    Researchers are discovering freshwater reservoirs below the coastal seafloor that might someday save dry regions from drought https://trib.al/8IZdl9M
    Researchers are discovering freshwater reservoirs below the coastal seafloor that might someday save dry regions from drought trib.al/8IZdl9M
    Record ocean temperatures in the Atlantic are causing storms to form much farther east than usual https://trib.al/F6pV5Df
    Record ocean temperatures in the Atlantic are causing storms to form much farther east than usual trib.al/F6pV5Df
    Scientists have used quantum technology to track individual particles of light as they begin the process of photosynthesis https://trib.al/cxN0PAJ
    Scientists have used quantum technology to track individual particles of light as they begin the process of photosynthesis trib.al/cxN0PAJ
    New work suggests four distinct star system types—and finds our own in the rarest category https://trib.al/IsGNJx3
    New work suggests four distinct star system types—and finds our own in the rarest category trib.al/IsGNJx3
    Reviews: A new history of the deep ocean, seeking truth through math, a space opera about self-identity, and more new science books. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/todays-deep-sea-explorers-are-mineral-miners-and-ultrawealthy-hobbyists/
    Reviews: A new history of the deep ocean, seeking truth through math, a space opera about self-identity, and more new science books. scientificamerican.com/artic…
    Human depletion of groundwater has shifted the global distribution of water so much that the North Pole has drifted by more than four centimeters per year https://trib.al/FVC9rJz
    Human depletion of groundwater has shifted the global distribution of water so much that the North Pole has drifted by more than four centimeters per year trib.al/FVC9rJz  ( 1 min )
    RT by @sciam: This SAT math problem was so tricky that everybody got it wrong — including the people who wrote the math problem https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-sat-problem-that-everybody-got-wrong/ by @JackPMurtagh on @sciam
    This SAT math problem was so tricky that everybody got it wrong — including the people who wrote the math problem scientificamerican.com/artic… by @JackPMurtagh on @sciam  ( 1 min )
    🎧 June marks the start of the Atlantic hurricane season. On this episode of Science, Quickly, we take you into some of nature's most monstrous storms. Listen now on Apple Podcasts 🔗 https://bit.ly/3qZOHhi
    🎧 June marks the start of the Atlantic hurricane season. On this episode of Science, Quickly, we take you into some of nature's most monstrous storms. bit.ly/3qZOHhi
    Genetic susceptibilities, the environment and the body's response to inflammation all influence our odds of falling ill https://trib.al/UIQJadc
    Genetic susceptibilities, the environment and the body's response to inflammation all influence our odds of falling ill trib.al/UIQJadc
    A new pill could be the first to help the more than 14 million people in the U.S. who struggle to control their marijuana use https://trib.al/QpRGEew
    A new pill could be the first to help the more than 14 million people in the U.S. who struggle to control their marijuana use trib.al/QpRGEew
    A tourist submersible lost communications while diving to visit the wreckage of the Titanic, which sank in 1912 https://trib.al/XN6Eqyk
    A tourist submersible lost communications while diving to visit the wreckage of the Titanic, which sank in 1912 trib.al/XN6Eqyk
    The coin rotation paradox flummoxed SAT test writers even though we encounter this math problem every day https://trib.al/9DSrg6y
    The coin rotation paradox flummoxed SAT test writers even though we encounter this math problem every day trib.al/9DSrg6y
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    Approximation Methods in Bayesian Analysis [#2]
    A more theoretical Day #2 of the workshop, with Debdeep Pati comparing two representations of Gaussian processes with significantly different efficiencies, and Aad van der Vaart presenting a form of linearisation for a range of inverse problems, Kolyan Ray debiasing Lasso impacts by variational Bayes, although through a somewhat intricate process that distanced the procedure […]  ( 7 min )
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    Approximation Methods in Bayesian Analysis [#2]
    A more theoretical Day #2 of the workshop, with Debdeep Pati comparing two representations of Gaussian processes with significantly different efficiencies, and Aad van der Vaart presenting a form of linearisation for a range of inverse problems, Kolyan Ray debiasing Lasso impacts by variational Bayes, although through a somewhat intricate process that distanced the procedure […]  ( 7 min )
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    See How Crushing Pressures Increase in the Ocean's Depths
    If the missing Titan submersible were near the Titanic, it would experience pressure higher than that of a great white shark bite
    Why There's a Severe Shortage of Cancer Drugs
    Many generic drugs for cancer and ADHD, blood thinners and antibiotics are in short supply, in part because there is little profit in making them
    Record Warm Atlantic Fuels an Unusual Tropical Storm
    Record ocean temperatures in the Atlantic are causing storms to form much farther east than usual
    How to Cool Down Fast in Summer Heat
    Your body has a secret cooling method, and scientists explain how to use it
    Smoking: An Avoidable Health Disaster Explained
    Statistics show that, despite some progress toward smoking cessation, tobacco continues to place an extraordinarily heavy burden on global health
    The Most Intense Lightning Storm Ever Recorded Was Sparked by the Hunga Tonga Eruption
    The January 2022 eruption of the Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai volcano generated a thunderstorm with more than 192,000 lightning flashes, including 2,600 flashes per minute at its peak
    El Niño May Break a Record and Reshape Weather around the Globe
    El Niño has arrived, bringing potentially major effects on weather around the world, such as drought and flooding, and possibly setting a new record for the hottest year
    JWST's Hunt for Habitable Exoplanets Finds Disappointment, Again
    Observations from the James Webb Space Telescope suggest that TRAPPIST-1 c, the second world in a seven-planet system, lacks an atmosphere
    Hope for Ending Gun Violence Is Not Enough--We Need Fury
    Outrage, not hope, will move us to prevent gun violence
    Rampant Groundwater Pumping Has Changed the Tilt of Earth's Axis
    Human depletion of groundwater has shifted the global distribution of water so much that the North Pole has drifted by more than four centimeters per year
    Why Some People Get Sick More Often
    Genetic susceptibilities, the environment and the body’s response to inflammation all influence our odds of falling ill
    New Drug for Cannabis Use Disorder Shows Promise in Early Trials in Humans
    A new pill could be the first to help the more than 14 million people in the U.S. who struggle to control their marijuana use
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    Proposals for @NeurIPSConf tutorials are due today AOE! https://neurips.cc/Conferences/2023/CallForTutorials
    Proposals for @NeurIPSConf tutorials are due today AOE! neurips.cc/Conferences/2023/…
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    Scientists are learning how to cryopreserve living tissues, organs, and even whole organisms, then bring them back to life. #LongReads https://scim.ag/35u
    Scientists are learning how to cryopreserve living tissues, organs, and even whole organisms, then bring them back to life. #LongReads scim.ag/35u
    By tapping into existing air quality monitoring sensors, researchers have discovered a cheap way to census nearby species. https://scim.ag/35o
    By tapping into existing air quality monitoring sensors, researchers have discovered a cheap way to census nearby species. scim.ag/35o
    Data sleuths say they have found evidence of possible research fraud by Francesca Gino in several studies—including an already-retracted paper about dishonesty. https://scim.ag/35i
    Data sleuths say they have found evidence of possible research fraud by Francesca Gino in several studies—including an already-retracted paper about dishonesty. scim.ag/35i
    In 2015, the Islamic State group razed the ruins of the ancient Assyrian city of Nimrud. Now, researchers sifting through the rubble have unearthed artifacts from a ruined temple dedicated to Ishtar, the Mesopotamian goddess of love and war. https://scim.ag/35f
    In 2015, the Islamic State group razed the ruins of the ancient Assyrian city of Nimrud. scim.ag/35f
    Evidence from the Hikurangi subduction zone in New Zealand now suggests “slow slip” earthquakes often depend on seamounts, the underwater volcanoes that stud the sea floor in large numbers. https://scim.ag/357
    Evidence from the Hikurangi subduction zone in New Zealand now suggests “slow slip” earthquakes often depend on seamounts, the underwater volcanoes that stud the sea floor in large numbers. scim.ag/357
    Charles Darwin assumed the driver of the giraffe’s long neck was food, but a fossil of an ancient giraffe relative suggests there might be more to the story. #WorldGiraffeDay https://scim.ag/352
    Charles Darwin assumed the driver of the giraffe’s long neck was food, but a fossil of an ancient giraffe relative suggests there might be more to the story. #WorldGiraffeDay scim.ag/352
    The discovery may explain how the widespread soil-dwelling microorganisms, which otherwise rely on an exhausting wriggle to move, ended up around the world today. https://scim.ag/351
    The discovery may explain how the widespread soil-dwelling microorganisms, which otherwise rely on an exhausting wriggle to move, ended up around the world today. scim.ag/351
    A new survey shows few societies are pulling out of U.S. states affected by abortion bans and anti-LGBTQ+ laws, but many are implementing safety measures for their members. https://scim.ag/34W
    A new survey shows few societies are pulling out of U.S. states affected by abortion bans and anti-LGBTQ+ laws, but many are implementing safety measures for their members. scim.ag/34W
    Breaking news: Surgeon Paolo Macchiarini, who was once hailed as a pioneer of stem cell medicine, was found guilty of gross assault against three of his patients today and sentenced to 2 years and 6 months in prison by an appeals court in Stockholm. https://scim.ag/34Q
    Breaking news: Surgeon Paolo Macchiarini, who was once hailed as a pioneer of stem cell medicine, was found guilty of gross assault against three of his patients today and sentenced to 2 years and 6 months in prison by an appeals court in Stockholm. scim.ag/34Q
    This 4.3-centimeter piece of carved graphite may be the earliest known phallic art. https://scim.ag/34O
    This 4.3-centimeter piece of carved graphite may be the earliest known phallic art. scim.ag/34O
    “The very way the planet wobbles is impacted by our activities.” https://scim.ag/34M
    “The very way the planet wobbles is impacted by our activities.” scim.ag/34M
    When U.K. universities next submit evidence of their performance to national research funders to help determine their share of £2 billion in annual government higher education funding, the rubric will look noticeably different from the past. https://scim.ag/34K
    When U.K. universities next submit evidence of their performance to national research funders to help determine their share of £2 billion in annual government higher education funding, the rubric will look noticeably different from the past. scim.ag/34K
    Researchers claim that Homo naledi, a small-brained human relative, buried its dead and made art long before our own species did. https://scim.ag/34J
    Researchers claim that Homo naledi, a small-brained human relative, buried its dead and made art long before our own species did. scim.ag/34J
    French chemist Louis Pasteur thought magnetic fields might somehow explain “homochirality,” but its origin has remained one of biology’s great mysteries. Now, it turns out Pasteur may have been onto something. https://scim.ag/34H
    French chemist Louis Pasteur thought magnetic fields might somehow explain “homochirality,” but its origin has remained one of biology’s great mysteries. scim.ag/34H
    The counterintuitive finding could influence coastal engineering projects. https://scim.ag/34F
    The counterintuitive finding could influence coastal engineering projects. scim.ag/34F
    The international panel also offered new prevention and management advice for head injuries. https://scim.ag/34E
    The international panel also offered new prevention and management advice for head injuries. scim.ag/34E
    Radiocarbon timestamps left in ancient tree rings by cosmic ray bombardments can date historical events with unprecedented precision. Learn more: https://scim.ag/34C @ScienceVisuals
    Radiocarbon timestamps left in ancient tree rings by cosmic ray bombardments can date historical events with unprecedented precision. scim.ag/34C @ScienceVisuals
    More than 500 million years ago, early vertebrates acquired bacterial DNA that made possible their evolution of vision. https://scim.ag/34A
    More than 500 million years ago, early vertebrates acquired bacterial DNA that made possible their evolution of vision. scim.ag/34A
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    Comment on August 2022 version of the notes by ravivakil
    In reply to William C. Newman. Thanks William! The issues around 19.4 should now be fixed, and the new version should be out fairly soon (by end of June 2023?), but let me know if you are not happy. Everything else is also hopefully dealt with!  ( 24 min )
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    bad use of (economic) polling
    bad use of (economic) polling nitter.net/elonmusk/status/1671384150664675329#m
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    Six with MIT ties win 2023 Hertz Foundation Fellowships
    Award recognizes scholars who have the “extraordinary creativity necessary to tackle problems others can’t solve.”  ( 8 min )
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    During lung maturation in newborn mice, a distinct population of dendritic cells that can suppress killer T cells appears during the first two weeks of life, a new @SciImmunology study finds. https://scim.ag/35t
    During lung maturation in newborn mice, a distinct population of dendritic cells that can suppress killer T cells appears during the first two weeks of life, a new @SciImmunology study finds. scim.ag/35t
    RT by @ScienceMagazine: Don't miss this week's new issue of #ScienceTranslationalMedicine!  A point-of-care HPV test may assist cervical cancer screening in low-resource settings, an automated belt allows scientists to easily study hormone dynamics in people, and more. https://scim.ag/35m
    Don't miss this week's new issue of #ScienceTranslationalMedicine!  scim.ag/35m
    An early giraffe ancestor’s unique head and neck fossils suggest sexual selection as an alternative explanation for the evolution of modern giraffes’ long necks. Learn more on #WorldGiraffeDay: https://scim.ag/35k
    An early giraffe ancestor’s unique head and neck fossils suggest sexual selection as an alternative explanation for the evolution of modern giraffes’ long necks. #WorldGiraffeDay: scim.ag/35k
    Scientists shouldn’t debate gaslighters, argues @hholdenthorp in a new Editor's Blog post. "Absurd statements … are a trap for scientists." https://scim.ag/35c
    Scientists shouldn’t debate gaslighters, argues @hholdenthorp in a new Editor's Blog post. "Absurd statements … are a trap for scientists." scim.ag/35c
    RT by @ScienceMagazine: Vessel noise during oceanic transportation is known to disrupt natural marine life processes. Now, researchers have identified multiple strategies to reduce the area and severity of ships’ impact on marine life. Learn more in this week’s issue: https://scim.ag/35b
    Vessel noise during oceanic transportation is known to disrupt natural marine life processes. Now, researchers have identified multiple strategies to reduce the area and severity of ships’ impact on marine life. scim.ag/35b
    “Understanding the impact of generative #AI … requires new interdisciplinary scientific inquiry into culture, economics, law, algorithms, and the interaction of technology and creativity,” argues a new #SciencePerspective. https://scim.ag/355
    “Understanding the impact of generative #AI … requires new interdisciplinary scientific inquiry into culture, economics, law, algorithms, and the interaction of technology and creativity,” argues a new #SciencePerspective. scim.ag/355
    New @SciSignal research in rodents deciphers how infections with #SARSCoV2 in the lungs generate systemic antiviral responses—and suggests that these responses may help limit the virus from spreading to other organs. #COVID19 https://scim.ag/350
    New @SciSignal research in rodents deciphers how infections with #SARSCoV2 in the lungs generate systemic antiviral responses—and suggests that these responses may help limit the virus from spreading to other organs. #COVID19 scim.ag/350
    Rats enjoy music at the same beat as humans, according to a @ScienceAdvances study, hinting at inherent neural processing across species. Learn more on #WorldMusicDay: https://scim.ag/34U
    Rats enjoy music at the same beat as humans, according to a @ScienceAdvances study, hinting at inherent neural processing across species. #WorldMusicDay: scim.ag/34U
    In a new Science study, researchers present PrimateAI-3D, a deep-learning model trained on millions of benign primate variants. https://scim.ag/34N #PrimateGenomes
    In a new Science study, researchers present PrimateAI-3D, a deep-learning model trained on millions of benign primate variants. scim.ag/34N #PrimateGenomes
    A new #SciencePerspective looks at several ways large language models could be used in social science work. https://scim.ag/34L #AI
    A new #SciencePerspective looks at several ways large language models could be used in social science work. scim.ag/34L #AI
    Maps of brain activity from 10 mind-altering drugs offer a “roadmap” to identify potential future treatments for these disorders, a new @ScienceAdvances study suggests. https://scim.ag/34I
    Maps of brain activity from 10 mind-altering drugs offer a “roadmap” to identify potential future treatments for these disorders, a new @ScienceAdvances study suggests. scim.ag/34I
    In Science, researchers present the Aging Fly Cell Atlas, a single-nucleus transcriptome map of the fruit fly as it ages. Learn more: https://scim.ag/34G
    In Science, researchers present the Aging Fly Cell Atlas, a single-nucleus transcriptome map of the fruit fly as it ages. scim.ag/34G
    Researchers monitored the hot Jupiter HAT-P-32~b, 950 light years away from Earth, using high-resolution spectroscopy from the Hobby-Eberly Telescope, detecting helium escaping through leading and trailing #TidalTails. https://scim.ag/34D @ScienceAdvances
    Researchers monitored the hot Jupiter HAT-P-32~b, 950 light years away from Earth, using high-resolution spectroscopy from the Hobby-Eberly Telescope, detecting helium escaping through leading and trailing #TidalTails. scim.ag/34D @ScienceAdvances
    Why is #LightPollution so difficult to measure? On this week's #SciencePodcast🎙️, @boron110 tackles this question with researcher Stefan Wallner, and discusses how coordination between disciplines is required to protect dark nights. 🎧 Listen here: https://scim.ag/34B
    Why is #LightPollution so difficult to measure? #SciencePodcast🎙️, @boron110 tackles this question with researcher Stefan Wallner, and discusses how coordination between disciplines is required to protect dark nights. scim.ag/34B
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    Plane crash north of Duluth kills two
    Plus: Fire at Spice Lake affecting BWCA contained; severe storms could come Saturday; St. Paul School District's budget over $1 billion; and more.
    What you need to know about the Talon Metals plan to mine metals for EVs in Minnesota
    Talon's plan is a milestone for the company's Tamarack Nickel Project. It’s also a new chapter in a long and thorny debate between those who fear possible water pollution and those eyeing potential job creation.  ( 26 min )
    Minnesota lawmakers travel the globe on ‘factfinding’ missions
    Staff members and even spouses and other family members sometimes accompany lawmakers on these trips, which cost taxpayers nearly $15 million last year.  ( 13 min )
    Melons, rutabagas, marijuana? Minnesota Constitution’s protection on peddling farm goods gets another look
    It all goes back to a day back in 1903 when farmer Peter Jensen got in trouble for selling melons without a license.  ( 22 min )
    Justice Samuel Alito took luxury fishing vacation with GOP billionaire who later had cases before the Court
    Alito did not report the 2008 fishing trip on his annual financial disclosures. By failing to disclose the private jet flight Singer provided, Alito appears to have violated a federal law that requires justices to disclose most gifts, according to ethics law experts.  ( 50 min )
    Drugmakers are abandoning cheap generics, and now U.S. cancer patients can’t get meds
    Doctors and their patients are facing the unimaginable: They are being forced into grim contemplation of untested rationing plans for breast, cervical, bladder, ovarian, lung, testicular, and other cancers.  ( 22 min )
    As we celebrate Juneteenth, we should continue ending ‎mental slavery
    We should continue to end ‎slavery in all of its forms, especially its modern yet insidious ‎manifestation of imposter syndrome.  ( 12 min )
    Minnesota charter school must pay $325,000 in sexual assault case
    Plus: Couple charged with torturing children; Minnesota's projected marijuana revenue; air quality worsens; navigating downtown during this weekend's festivities; and more.  ( 7 min )
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    In a Tipster’s Note, a View of Science Publishing’s Achilles Heel
    On paper, data scientist Gunasekaran Manogaran has had a stellar scientific career. He earned an award as a young researcher from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and landed a series of postdoctoral and visiting researcher positions at universities in the U.S, including the University of California, Davis; Gannon University in Pennsylvania; and Howard University … Continue reading In a Tipster’s Note, a View of Science Publishing’s Achilles Heel  ( 7 min )
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    GOV: Oops we accidentally leaked all this good ass UFO Info ME: Well this is scary. I guess we have no choice but to fund the military more
    GOV: Oops we accidentally leaked all this good ass UFO Info ME: Well this is scary. I guess we have no choice but to fund the military more
    you see funny picture here? i see the screaming faces of every pug dog who has ever suffered a morbid drowning death . You are not Normal.
    you see funny picture here? i see the screaming faces of every pug dog who has ever suffered a morbid drowning death . You are not Normal.
    guy dies while attempting to carry 12 shopping bags full of blue razz bang cans down the basement stairs...... Thats the cost of innovation
    guy dies while attempting to carry 12 shopping bags full of blue razz bang cans down the basement stairs...... Thats the cost of innovation
    if i was dying in a submarine and i found out people were posting jokes about my step son i would say "FUCK " so loud that theyd find me
    if i was dying in a submarine and i found out people were posting jokes about my step son i would say "FUCK " so loud that theyd find me
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    We Tested 12 Lunch Boxes to Find the Best Ones for On-the-Go Meals
    After packing 12 different lunch boxes, we found which ones could hold up to daily meals on the go and wear-and-tear.  ( 25 min )
    Dalgona Coffee
    Made by whisking instant coffee, sugar, and hot water together until the mixture resembles a fluffy meringue, watching dalgona coffee come together feels like magic. Here’s the science behind the foam.  ( 16 min )
    The Best Camping Cooking Gear For Outdoor Adventures
    Pack up the car! We rounded up the best camping cooking gear from our reviews.  ( 37 min )
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    🚨 NEW JOB ALERT! Head of Academy Sport Science & Medicine @Wolves "To manage, co-ordinate and supervise all aspects of the Academy Sport Science and Medical Department." #WWFC https://trainingground.guru/jobs-listings/head-of-academy-sport-science-and-medicine
    🚨 NEW JOB ALERT! @Wolves #WWFC trainingground.guru/jobs-lis…
    New @SouthamptonFC manager Russell Martin was our guest on Episode #28 of the TGG Podcast "I’ve got a real strong belief in how I want the game to be played, how I see it, what I enjoy." #SaintsFC @HudlAnalysis https://trainingground.guru/articles/russell-martin-people,-purpose-(and-possession)-at-mk-dons
    New @SouthamptonFC manager Russell Martin was our guest on Episode #28 of the TGG Podcast #SaintsFC @HudlAnalysis trainingground.guru/articles…
    RT by @ground_guru: 🚨 NEW JOB ALERT! First Team Transition/ Loans Physiotherapist @Wolves "To skilfully manage the medical and performance support of elite young players during the transition from U21 to 1st team football either at Wolves or on loan." #WWFC #Wolves https://trainingground.guru/jobs-listings/first-team-transition/-loans-physiotherapist
    🚨 NEW JOB ALERT! @Wolves #WWFC #Wolves trainingground.guru/jobs-lis…
    RT by @ground_guru: We are delighted to announce Russell Martin as our new Men’s First Team Manager 😇
    We are delighted to announce Russell Martin as our new Men’s First Team Manager 😇
    RT by @ground_guru: The Jamaica Football Federation is the most recent elite sports organization to digitise their operations on Kairos 🤝 We look forward to supporting the Reggae Boyz throughout the Concacaf Gold Cup, and the Reggae Girlz during their FIFA World Cup campaign!
    The Jamaica Football Federation is the most recent elite sports organization to digitise their operations on Kairos 🤝 We look forward to supporting the Reggae Boyz throughout the Concacaf Gold Cup, and the Reggae Girlz during their FIFA World Cup campaign!
    RT by @ground_guru: "The kit man is a psychologist, the physio is a psychologist, the massage person is going to be spending an hour with somebody working on their back or hamstrings and they’re going to hear a lot too." Dr Pippa Grange | Working on the soul of the team https://trainingground.guru/articles/pippa-grange-working-on-the-soul-of-the-team
    "The kit man is a psychologist, the physio is a psychologist, the massage person is going to be spending an hour with somebody working on their back or hamstrings and they’re going to hear a lot too." trainingground.guru/articles… nitter.net/ground_guru/status/1671413152217432067#m
    RT by @ground_guru: Mark Sertori's title at Man City was Sports Therapist, but that only told part of what he contributed Was friend & confidante of players and key to the culture "Mark is more than a work colleague, he is now also a close friend and has always been there for me" ~ John Stones
    Mark Sertori's title at Man City was Sports Therapist, but that only told part of what he contributed nitter.net/ground_guru/status/1671412322223398912#m
    RT by @ground_guru: Mark Sertori has been appointed Head of Performance and Player Care at newly-promoted @BurnleyOfficial The move reunites him with Burnley boss Vincent Kompany, with whom he worked at Manchester City. https://trainingground.guru/articles/man-city-stalwart-sertori-appointed-head-of-performance-at-burnley
    Mark Sertori has been appointed Head of Performance and Player Care at newly-promoted @BurnleyOfficial trainingground.guru/articles…
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    In a Tipster’s Note, a View of Science Publishing’s Achilles Heel
    Emails obtained by Undark allege that dozens of editors at scientific journals have been pulled into a dubious paper publishing scheme. It’s a known problem in the industry, and this time it targets the rise of “special issues.” But the question of how to combat bad-faith actors in science publishing remains.  ( 21 min )
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    Next up in @Redistrict's state-by-state House series is Indiana, where next year’s House elections will likely revolve around open Republican-held seats in the 3rd and 5th districts. https://www.cookpolitical.com/analysis/house/indiana-house/2024-house-race-analysis-indiana
    Next up in @Redistrict's state-by-state House series is Indiana, where next year’s House elections will likely revolve around open Republican-held seats in the 3rd and 5th districts. cookpolitical.com/analysis/h…
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    RT by @Redistrict: Next up in @Redistrict's state-by-state House series is Indiana, where next year’s House elections will likely revolve around open Republican-held seats in the 3rd and 5th districts. https://www.cookpolitical.com/analysis/house/indiana-house/2024-house-race-analysis-indiana
    Next up in @Redistrict's state-by-state House series is Indiana, where next year’s House elections will likely revolve around open Republican-held seats in the 3rd and 5th districts. cookpolitical.com/analysis/h…
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    Will Kenya take the lead in carbon removal?
    Because the earth’s crust is thinner than usual along the rift, it has vast geothermal potential. The American government reckons Kenya alone could generate 10,000mw of geothermal power, more than ten times the amount it currently produces. A by-product of such power stations is plenty of waste steam, which can then be used to heat dac machines. Moreover, […] The post Will Kenya take the lead in carbon removal? appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments In reply to EdR. How about we build thousands of carbon free ... by RAD In reply to joan. In the Northeast where the ... by A take In reply to blue jay. Fortunately Kenya does not have to ... by Larry Siegel In reply to joan. More than Kenya has now by a long shot. By ... by blue jay In reply to Reason. Speed cooling of the earth's interior and ... by Pshrnk Plus 10 more... Related Stories UK NHS fact of the day The Road to Socialism and Back: An Economic History of Poland, 1939–2019 What is the optimistic case for Kenya?  ( 7 min )
    Wednesday assorted links
    1. Progress against cancer? (NYT) 2. Bern may experiment with a version of cocaine legalization. 3. Is Africa (very slowly) splitting into two continents? 4. Kiwi culture uh-oh the culture that is Kiwi? 5. WSJ Deirdre review of Acemoglu and Johnson. 6. Is it bad to prefer attractive partners? 7. Yes, have been telling you […] The post Wednesday assorted links appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments 4. At what point do these sorts of stories create a backlash ... by Michael Thomas In reply to Blackthorne. I don't know that the story ... by Michael Thomas 6. There are so many dysgenic forces at work in society that ... by Larry Siegel In reply to BC. Exactly. I happen to prefer fat, hairy ... by Tony In reply to Uhh. This is a reasonable, individual-specific ... by Formerly K Plus 10 more...  ( 6 min )
    High Fructose Corn Syrup and the Sugar Quota
    A viral tik-tok video compares the ingredients in American Heinz ketchup with those in Canadian Heinz ketchup. The American version contains high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) while the Canadian one contains sugar. An an economist I can’t tell you whether, “this is why America makes you sick” but I can tell you why the American […] The post High Fructose Corn Syrup and the Sugar Quota appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments In reply to Rahul. GATT tends to carve out agricultural ... by OldCurmudgeon In reply to Jack. Although Cruz won Iowa while criticizing ... by John Thacker In reply to There is another trick. Since everyone seems to ... by Yeah In reply to Karl Pooper. Stomach acid does indeed break ... by Yeah In reply to PD Shaw. The US provides minimum prices to corn ... by Some Guy Plus 10 more... Related Stories The Road to Socialism and Back: An Economic History of Poland, 1939–2019 Update on the War on Poverty Nobels for practitioners of economics?  ( 7 min )
    Update on the War on Poverty
    We evaluate progress in the War on Poverty, as President Johnson defined it, which established a 20 percent baseline poverty rate and adopted an absolute standard. While the official poverty rate fell from 19.5 percent in 1963 to 10.5 percent in 2019, our absolute Full-income Poverty Measure, which uses a fuller income measures and updates […] The post Update on the War on Poverty appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments In reply to Anti-Gnostic. That depends on your definition of ... by EdR In reply to EdR. Here’s what I see: one partner works for ... by California In reply to mkt42. Correct. Ideally, a person should get a ... by EdR In reply to Wonder if any other factors are involved. I think ... by EdR In reply to California. This is more common than people ... by EdR Plus 10 more... Related Stories The Road to Socialism and Back: An Economic History of Poland, 1939–2019 Game theory and the First World War Nobels for practitioners of economics?  ( 6 min )
    Masai village
    It has about fifty people, and when you enter all the women come out and shake your hand, saying “Sopa!”.  The children bend their heads down, expecting to be patted on top. A typical dwelling is about 18 by 15 feet, and it is made out of mud, cow dung, and sticks, the latter material […] The post Masai village appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments In reply to MikeP. Don't forget that they undoubtedly want to ... by The Beadle In reply to Naveen K. He could have gone to Orlando and seen ... by Yob dePittsburgh In reply to notRover. So now we're hounding Tyler about a ... by Patience Willoughby In reply to Slocum. Remember, it's Kenya. Those are ... by The Beadle In reply to BC. The way to make that case, BC, is to point to ... by I think I can help you Plus 10 more...  ( 7 min )
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    Big Firms Want Normal Crypto Markets
    Also corporate discount rates, AT1  markets, sesame allergies and Masayoshi-Son-flattering chatbots.  ( 2 min )
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    What is the logical gate speed of a photonic quantum computer?
    Terry Rudolph, PsiQuantum & Imperial College London During a recent visit to the wild western town of Pasadena I got into a shootout at high-noon trying to explain the nuances of this question to a colleague. Here is a more … Continue reading →  ( 29 min )
    Salem Prize now accepting nominations
    The Salem prize was established in 1968 and named in honor of Raphaël Salem (1898-1963), a mathematician famous notably for his deep study of the links between Fourier series and number theory and for pioneering applications of probabilistic methods to these fields. It was largely administered by Jean Bourgain until his untimely death in 2018; […]  ( 13 min )
    Sums of GUE matrices and concentration of hives from correlation decay of eigengaps
    Hariharan Narayanan, Scott Sheffield, and I have just uploaded to the arXiv our paper “Sums of GUE matrices and concentration of hives from correlation decay of eigengaps“. This is a personally satisfying paper for me, as it connects the work I did as a graduate student (with Allen Knutson and Chris Woodward) on sums of […]  ( 16 min )
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    Version 1.0.1 of NIMBLE released, fixing a bug in version 1.0.0 affecting certain models
    We’ve released the newest version of NIMBLE on CRAN and on our website. NIMBLE is a system for building and sharing analysis methods for statistical models, especially for hierarchical models and computationally-intensive methods (such as MCMC and SMC). Version 1.0.1 follows shortly after 1.0.0 and fixes an issue and a bug ... Continue reading: Version 1.0.1 of NIMBLE released, fixing a bug in version 1.0.0 affecting certain models  ( 9 min )
    Several Key PerformanceAnalytics Functions From R Now In Python (special thanks to Vijay Vaidyanathan)
    So, thanks to my former boss, and head of direct indexing at BNY Mellon, Vijay Vaidyanathan, and his Coursera course, … Continue reading → Continue reading: Several Key PerformanceAnalytics Functions From R Now In Python (special thanks to Vijay Vaidyanathan)  ( 10 min )
    Miami-Dade County Public Employee Salary Research – An Analysis in R, Python, and Julia
    This analysis was co-authored by data scientists, Scott Fisher and Douglas Davila-Pestana. Mr. Fisher developed the Python code for the […] Continue reading: Miami-Dade County Public Employee Salary Research – An Analysis in R, Python, and Julia  ( 198 min )
    How Can Someone Else Use My Model?
    This post is part of a series called The Missing Semester of Your DS Education. Introduction Continue reading: How Can Someone Else Use My Model?  ( 19 min )
    Unleashing the Power of Sampling in R: Exploring the Versatile sample() Function
    Introduction Continue reading: Unleashing the Power of Sampling in R: Exploring the Versatile sample() Function  ( 12 min )
    All About Coworking Sessions with rOpenSci
    We first introduced our Coworking and Continue reading: All About Coworking Sessions with rOpenSci  ( 14 min )
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    checking twitter every 15 mins is like opening the freezer bc you’re bored
    checking twitter every 15 mins is like opening the freezer bc you’re bored
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    𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐇𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐳 𝐭𝐨 𝐀𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐌𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐒𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞 Arsenal's interest in Havertz has raised a few eyebrows. But it works: — Extremely versatile — Brilliant awareness of space — Great technician — Entering his prime years Here's how he'd fit in 📈⬇️
    𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐇𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐳 𝐭𝐨 𝐀𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐌𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐒𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞 Arsenal's interest in Havertz has raised a few eyebrows. But it works: — Extremely versatile — Brilliant awareness of space — Great technician — Entering his prime years Here's how he'd fit in 📈⬇️
    Caicedo likes a battle 🥊 Here's why he's become one of the Premier League's most sought-after midfielders 🔽 https://theanalyst.com/eu/2023/06/why-everyone-wants-moises-caicedo/
    Caicedo likes a battle 🥊 theanalyst.com/eu/2023/06/wh…
    RT by @OptaAnalyst: Some teams might be targeting point guards and big men but every team in the NBA could use another two-way wing. Who does our model like in the draft on Thursday? https://theanalyst.com/eu/2023/06/top-two-way-wings-2023-nba-draft/
    Some teams might be targeting point guards and big men but every team in the NBA could use another two-way wing. theanalyst.com/eu/2023/06/to…
    First came Kamaldeen Sulemana, Mohammed Kudus and then Andreas Schjelderup... Is Ernest Nuamah the next Danish Superliga talent primed for the big time? @OptaJohan think so. https://theanalyst.com/eu/2023/06/ernest-nuamah-the-danish-superligas-next-star/
    First came Kamaldeen Sulemana, Mohammed Kudus and then Andreas Schjelderup... @OptaJohan think so. theanalyst.com/eu/2023/06/er…
    Talks are ongoing between Chelsea and Manchester United for the signing of Mason Mount. Here's why acquiring him would be so beneficial for Man Utd: https://theanalyst.com/eu/2023/06/mason-mount-to-manchester-united-would-be-chelsea-loss/
    Talks are ongoing between Chelsea and Manchester United for the signing of Mason Mount. theanalyst.com/eu/2023/06/ma…
    RT by @OptaAnalyst: 🔎 Our friends at @OptaAnalyst have done the hard work by selecting five players you should keep an eye on during the #U21EURO tournament: 🇧🇪 Zeno Debast 🇭🇷 Martin Baturina 🇫🇷 Enzo Le Fee 🇮🇱 Oscar Gloukh 🇫🇷 Elye Wahi https://theanalyst.com/eu/2023/06/under-21-european-championship-players-to-watch/
    🔎 Our friends at @OptaAnalyst have done the hard work by selecting five players you should keep an eye on during the #U21EURO tournament: theanalyst.com/eu/2023/06/un…
    RT by @OptaAnalyst: Rashford apparently getting a new contract. I recently looked at whether he can be the "40-goal forward" for Man Utd that Erik ten Hag has challenged him to be. https://theanalyst.com/eu/2023/06/can-marcus-rashford-be-a-40-goal-manchester-united-forward/
    Rashford apparently getting a new contract. I recently looked at whether he can be the "40-goal forward" for Man Utd that Erik ten Hag has challenged him to be. theanalyst.com/eu/2023/06/ca…
    RT by @OptaAnalyst: Premier League teams are pressing more and better than ever before, so are we going to see more teams play more direct passes up to a centre-forward? @alitweedale takes a look at the numbers. https://theanalyst.com/eu/2023/06/pressing-is-better-than-ever-before-so-does-your-team-need-a-big-man-up-top/
    Premier League teams are pressing more and better than ever before, so are we going to see more teams play more direct passes up to a centre-forward? @alitweedale takes a look at the numbers. theanalyst.com/eu/2023/06/pr…
    RT by @OptaAnalyst: Why Everyone Wants Moises Caicedo 💰 🔵 Outstanding defensive numbers 🔵 Press resistant on the ball 🔵 A box-to-box machine We profile one of the most sought-after Premier League midfielders 📊👇
    Why Everyone Wants Moises Caicedo 💰 🔵 Outstanding defensive numbers 🔵 Press resistant on the ball 🔵 A box-to-box machine We profile one of the most sought-after Premier League midfielders 📊👇
    U21 Euros: Players to Watch👀 Figo, Cannavaro, Pirlo and Thiago are among the previous recipients of the 'Golden Player' award. But who could be the next to join them? We analysed 5 players to keep an eye on as the tournament kicks off today: https://theanalyst.com/eu/2023/06/under-21-european-championship-players-to-watch/
    U21 Euros: Players to Watch👀 theanalyst.com/eu/2023/06/un…
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    Salem Prize now accepting nominations
    The Salem prize was established in 1968 and named in honor of Raphaël Salem (1898-1963), a mathematician famous notably for his deep study of the links between Fourier series and number theory and for pioneering applications of probabilistic methods to these fields. It was largely administered by Jean Bourgain until his untimely death in 2018; […]  ( 13 min )
    Sums of GUE matrices and concentration of hives from correlation decay of eigengaps
    Hariharan Narayanan, Scott Sheffield, and I have just uploaded to the arXiv our paper “Sums of GUE matrices and concentration of hives from correlation decay of eigengaps“. This is a personally satisfying paper for me, as it connects the work I did as a graduate student (with Allen Knutson and Chris Woodward) on sums of […]  ( 16 min )
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    The 10 Most Underrated Movies From Martin Scorsese
    Without question, Martin Scorsese is one of the most beloved and influential filmmakers of all time. His consistency of excellence throughout six decades of directing is impeccable. Because of his preservation and advocacy of the film medium, Scorsese has maintained a high status of relevancy unparalleled for filmmakers. Across 40 narrative and documentary feature films, […]  ( 10 min )
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    HIIT Research Fellow positions in Finland (up to 5 year contracts)
    This job post is by Aki The Helsinki Institute for Information Technology has some funding for Research Fellows and the research topics can include Bayes, probabilistic programming, ML, AI, etc HIIT Research Fellow positions support the career development of excellent … Continue reading →  ( 9 min )
    Ted-talking data fakers who write books about lying and rule-breaking . . . what’s up with that?
    So, a few people emailed me about this story about fraud among high-profile business school professors. There was this news article by Stephanie Lee, who’s reported on some notable examples of bad research in the past. From her recent article, … Continue reading →  ( 25 min )
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    Tile maps on a trip
    Kaiser takes another look at tile maps, with a late-breaking development.  ( 8 min )
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    R to @beenwrekt: The TV special was in honor of MIT's 100th birthday and had some absolutely wild predictions. It also featured MIT legend Jerome Wiesner smoking a pipe while evangelizing the future. https://youtu.be/cvOTKFXpvKA
    The TV special was in honor of MIT's 100th birthday and had some absolutely wild predictions. It also featured MIT legend Jerome Wiesner smoking a pipe while evangelizing the future. piped.video/cvOTKFXpvKA  ( 1 min )
    R to @beenwrekt: That last still and quote is from this 1961 TV special from MIT where they have the TX0 computer write a spaghetti western. (ht @MichaelSocolow)
    That last still and quote is from this 1961 TV special from MIT where they have the TX0 computer write a spaghetti western. (ht @MichaelSocolow)  ( 1 min )
    R to @beenwrekt: “I don’t think my daughter will ever marry a computer.”
    “I don’t think my daughter will ever marry a computer.”  ( 1 min )
    R to @beenwrekt: Midjourney, show me weird nerds in suits mansplaining computers in a film noir style.
    Midjourney, show me weird nerds in suits mansplaining computers in a film noir style.  ( 1 min )
    R to @beenwrekt: MIT’s techno-utopian propaganda is older than Artificial Intelligence.
    MIT’s techno-utopian propaganda is older than Artificial Intelligence.  ( 1 min )
    R to @beenwrekt: The whole documentary is worth a watch! Make some popcorn and get into some vintage pop singularity science. https://youtu.be/NN7mlicU95w
    The whole documentary is worth a watch! Make some popcorn and get into some vintage pop singularity science. piped.video/NN7mlicU95w  ( 1 min )
    R to @beenwrekt: He prefaces this with “The word 'think' is one of the words like life and 'soul,' which are bad words. They mean just what we want them to mean.”
    He prefaces this with “The word 'think' is one of the words like life and 'soul,' which are bad words. They mean just what we want them to mean.”
    With regards to this 1954 prototype Roomba, Norbert Wiener says “we have machines which, if they were for the first time discovered by animal psychologists, would be said to think in the way animals do.”
    With regards to this 1954 prototype Roomba, Norbert Wiener says “we have machines which, if they were for the first time discovered by animal psychologists, would be said to think in the way animals do.”  ( 1 min )
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    RT by @losthunderlads: A groovy Star Trek poster from Jim Steranko, 1968
    A groovy Star Trek poster from Jim Steranko, 1968
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    RT by @pixelatedboat: some people are born losers, and you can tell because no amount of being in charge, being in a dominant position or getting exactly what they want can make them feel like a winner. which is why we get this shit
    some people are born losers, and you can tell because no amount of being in charge, being in a dominant position or getting exactly what they want can make them feel like a winner. which is why we get this shit  ( 1 min )
    R to @pixelatedboat: I laughed at some of the jokes and the third act wasn’t a letdown, so it’s in the top 10% of superhero movies
    I laughed at some of the jokes and the third act wasn’t a letdown, so it’s in the top 10% of superhero movies
    *quietly while everyone is distracted by the submarine thing* I liked The Flash. Fun movie
    *quietly while everyone is distracted by the submarine thing* I liked The Flash. Fun movie
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    Book Review: Programming And Metaprogramming The Human Biocomputer
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    regis philbin body count .xls
    regis philbin body count .xls
    R to @dril: it was easy
    it was easy
    i found the submarine , all
    i found the submarine , all
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    Unlikely pollinators in Brazil, climate-resilient coffee in Uganda, credible cryptozoology down under, and more in this month's Quick Hits https://trib.al/CG46uf5
    Unlikely pollinators in Brazil, climate-resilient coffee in Uganda, credible cryptozoology down under, and more in this month's Quick Hits trib.al/CG46uf5
    Efforts to discourage new smokers and help people quit are bringing smoking rates down in many places, but it’s going to take more to put an end to tobacco smoking altogether. Read this Special Report to learn more about the global battle against tobacco: https://bit.ly/3NFgH2X This is editorially independent content produced with support from Haleon.
    Efforts to discourage new smokers and help people quit are bringing smoking rates down in many places, but it’s going to take more to put an end to tobacco smoking altogether. bit.ly/3NFgH2X This is editorially independent content produced with support from Haleon.
    The American Lung Association says a proposed EPA rule to curtail tailpipe pollution could help the country avoid premature deaths and millions of asthma attacks https://trib.al/0MdER8J
    The American Lung Association says a proposed EPA rule to curtail tailpipe pollution could help the country avoid premature deaths and millions of asthma attacks trib.al/0MdER8J
    Research shows that disrupting the body's circadian rhythm raises cancer risk, and resetting it may bring that risk down https://trib.al/y45o4la
    Research shows that disrupting the body's circadian rhythm raises cancer risk, and resetting it may bring that risk down trib.al/y45o4la
    🎧 June marks the start of the Atlantic hurricane season. On this episode of Science, Quickly, we take you into some of nature's most monstrous storms. Listen now on @spotifypodcasts 🔗 https://bit.ly/3XkNZaS
    🎧 June marks the start of the Atlantic hurricane season. On this episode of Science, Quickly, we take you into some of nature's most monstrous storms. @spotifypodcasts 🔗 bit.ly/3XkNZaS
    A bacterial infection could be linked to endometriosis. https://trib.al/zUuEujZ
    A bacterial infection could be linked to endometriosis. trib.al/zUuEujZ
    Parrots are thriving. At least 60 parrot species have populations well outside their natural geographical ranges. Our attraction to parrots has played a key role in their rise to world domination—humans have traded and moved these birds around for millennia. Learn more about these smart, social and highly adaptable birds in our July/August issue: https://bit.ly/3CWnRK5
    Parrots are thriving. At least 60 parrot species have populations well outside their natural geographical ranges. Our attraction to parrots has played a key role in their rise to world domination—humans have traded and moved these birds around for millennia. bit.ly/3CWnRK5
    Wall lizards can “size up” invading competitors by smell alone https://trib.al/jVIC1fH
    Wall lizards can “size up” invading competitors by smell alone trib.al/jVIC1fH
    We should pay less attention to children's weight and more to their overall health by encouraging outdoor play | Editorial https://trib.al/tRHTn9e
    We should pay less attention to children's weight and more to their overall health by encouraging outdoor play | Editorial trib.al/tRHTn9e
    Tornados are moving east, OSIRIS-REx's asteroid sample is coming to Earth soon, and there's fresh treasure under the seafloor https://trib.al/21nv1hJ
    Tornados are moving east, OSIRIS-REx's asteroid sample is coming to Earth soon, and there's fresh treasure under the seafloor trib.al/21nv1hJ
    Though you might not be able to significantly boost your metabolism, there are ways to boost the energy your body burns while doing nothing https://trib.al/unfYbPd
    Though you might not be able to significantly boost your metabolism, there are ways to boost the energy your body burns while doing nothing trib.al/unfYbPd
    Smart, adaptable and loud, parrots are thriving in cities far outside their native ranges https://trib.al/w7lpC2y
    Smart, adaptable and loud, parrots are thriving in cities far outside their native ranges trib.al/w7lpC2y
    Cancer and dementia research is combined in a new 'biology-first' approach. [Sponsored by @EisaiUS] https://www.scientificamerican.com/custom-media/cancer-and-dementia-have-factors-in-common-so-why-study-them-separately1/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sacm_eisaius&utm_content=link-post
    Cancer and dementia research is combined in a new 'biology-first' approach. [Sponsored by @EisaiUS] scientificamerican.com/custo…
    New work suggests four distinct star system types—and finds our own in the rarest category https://trib.al/OcH2tFl
    New work suggests four distinct star system types—and finds our own in the rarest category trib.al/OcH2tFl
    Scientists have used quantum technology to track individual particles of light as they begin the process of photosynthesis https://trib.al/1GNcplQ
    Scientists have used quantum technology to track individual particles of light as they begin the process of photosynthesis trib.al/1GNcplQ
    Bold new simulations suggest the James Webb Space Telescope might be able to distinguish between competing dark matter models by studying primordial dwarf galaxies https://trib.al/MBfvwBg
    Bold new simulations suggest the James Webb Space Telescope might be able to distinguish between competing dark matter models by studying primordial dwarf galaxies trib.al/MBfvwBg
    Insects have surprisingly rich inner lives—a revelation that has wide-ranging ethical implications https://trib.al/PfhIZL6
    Insects have surprisingly rich inner lives—a revelation that has wide-ranging ethical implications trib.al/PfhIZL6
    The James Webb Space Telescope is giving us a glimpse of Population III stars. 🎧 On Cosmos, Quickly 🎙️ @krinjgy and @LeeBillings take a look at the first stars in the universe. Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://bit.ly/42LD5vJ
    The James Webb Space Telescope is giving us a glimpse of Population III stars. @krinjgy and @LeeBillings take a look at the first stars in the universe. bit.ly/42LD5vJ
    Infection by a particular group of bacteria could be linked to endometriosis. https://trib.al/S1CCYRi
    Infection by a particular group of bacteria could be linked to endometriosis. trib.al/S1CCYRi
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    these differences are within the margin of sampling + non-sampling error. my advice: wait for more data
    these differences are within the margin of sampling + non-sampling error. my advice: wait for more data nitter.net/mkraju/status/1671196757454094336#m
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    What Happened to Imploded Titanic Tourist Sub?
    The tourist submersible Titan imploded while diving to visit the wreckage of the Titanic, which sank in 1912
    What We Know about Missing Titanic Tourist Sub
    A tourist submersible lost communications while diving to visit the wreckage of the Titanic, which sank in 1912
    The SAT Problem That Everybody Got Wrong
    The coin rotation paradox flummoxed SAT test writers even though we encounter this math problem every day
    Missing Titanic Sub: What Could Have Gone Wrong?
    A submersible called Titan has gone missing on a dive to the remains of of the Titanic
    Switching to Electric Cars Could Prevent 89,000 Deaths in the U.S.
    The American Lung Association says a proposed EPA rule to curtail tailpipe pollution, which would bolster electric car adoption, could help the country avoid premature deaths and millions of asthma attacks
    Today's Deep-Sea Explorers Are Mineral Miners and Ultrawealthy Hobbyists
    A new history of the deep ocean, seeking truth through math, a space opera about self-identity, and more books out now
    Inside the Minds of People, Parrots and Bees
    Tornados are moving east, OSIRIS-REx’s asteroid sample is coming to Earth soon, and there’s fresh treasure under the seafloor
    Parrots Are Taking Over the World
    Smart, adaptable and loud, parrots are thriving in cities far outside their native ranges
    Adjusting Your Body Clock May Stave Off Cancer
    Research shows that disrupting the body’s circadian rhythm raises cancer risk, and resetting it may bring that risk down
    Some Lizards Can Smell Their Rivals' Size
    Wall lizards can “size up” invading competitors by smell alone
    JWST's Glimpses of Early Galaxies Could Shed Light on Dark Matter
    Bold new simulations suggest the James Webb Space Telescope might be able to distinguish between competing dark matter models by studying primordial dwarf galaxies
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    Consumer prices up 4.0 percent from May 2022 to May 2023 https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2023/consumer-prices-up-4-0-percent-from-may-2022-to-may-2023.htm #BLSdata
    Consumer prices up 4.0 percent from May 2022 to May 2023 bls.gov/opub/ted/2023/consum… #BLSdata
    Consumer prices up 4.0 percent from May 2022 to May 2023 https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2023/consumer-prices-up-4-0-percent-from-may-2022-to-may-2023.htm #BLSdata
    Consumer prices up 4.0 percent from May 2022 to May 2023 bls.gov/opub/ted/2023/consum… #BLSdata
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    Don’t miss your chance to sign up for Nature Briefing, the essential weekday newsletter packed with science news, opinion and analysis, and you can be in with a chance to win a selection of adorable plush toys from GIANTmicrobes! https://bit.ly/3q82FNN
    Don’t miss your chance to sign up for Nature Briefing, the essential weekday newsletter packed with science news, opinion and analysis, and you can be in with a chance to win a selection of adorable plush toys from GIANTmicrobes! bit.ly/3q82FNN
    Nature research paper: Structural basis for the binding of DNP and purine nucleotides onto UCP1 https://go.nature.com/3p4q3fe
    Nature research paper: Structural basis for the binding of DNP and purine nucleotides onto UCP1 go.nature.com/3p4q3fe
    Editorial: The Sustainable Development Goals are failing. Science can do more to save them https://go.nature.com/46qZwcT
    Editorial: The Sustainable Development Goals are failing. Science can do more to save them go.nature.com/46qZwcT
    How scientists are hacking the genetic code to give proteins new powers https://go.nature.com/43TWbRJ
    How scientists are hacking the genetic code to give proteins new powers go.nature.com/43TWbRJ
    From the archive: Oxford observatory delayed, and cyclone mysteries https://go.nature.com/42M6J3X
    From the archive: Oxford observatory delayed, and cyclone mysteries go.nature.com/42M6J3X
    Tiny spinning robots sorted themselves into this beautiful pattern https://go.nature.com/3Jm0SeS
    Tiny spinning robots sorted themselves into this beautiful pattern go.nature.com/3Jm0SeS
    A new building block for constructing organic molecules https://go.nature.com/3Xi8nZT
    A new building block for constructing organic molecules go.nature.com/3Xi8nZT
    Developing a soft robot ‘skin’ that enables touch-based interaction https://go.nature.com/46fgURG
    Developing a soft robot ‘skin’ that enables touch-based interaction go.nature.com/46fgURG
    Nature research paper: No thick carbon dioxide atmosphere on the rocky exoplanet TRAPPIST-1 c https://go.nature.com/3pbDEkG
    Nature research paper: No thick carbon dioxide atmosphere on the rocky exoplanet TRAPPIST-1 c go.nature.com/3pbDEkG
    Astronomers have reported that there is probably no tantalizing atmosphere on the planet TRAPPIST-1 c, just as they reported months ago for its neighbour TRAPPIST-1 b https://go.nature.com/3qWsBw9
    Astronomers have reported that there is probably no tantalizing atmosphere on the planet TRAPPIST-1 c, just as they reported months ago for its neighbour TRAPPIST-1 b go.nature.com/3qWsBw9
    Researchers say a plan is needed to ensure countries aren’t being exploited, if the world is to prevent the next pandemic https://go.nature.com/3CCoLep
    Researchers say a plan is needed to ensure countries aren’t being exploited, if the world is to prevent the next pandemic go.nature.com/3CCoLep
    Particle, wave, both or neither? The experiment that challenges all we know about reality https://go.nature.com/3pcyEwi
    Particle, wave, both or neither? The experiment that challenges all we know about reality go.nature.com/3pcyEwi
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    This tuna melt comes with all the bells and whistles: mashed avocado, sliced tomato, crispy bacon, pickled jalapeños, and melted cheese in two forms. https://www.seriouseats.com/tuna-melt-avocado-bacon-tomato?taid=64922f87ef81bc00012d982b&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    This tuna melt comes with all the bells and whistles: mashed avocado, sliced tomato, crispy bacon, pickled jalapeños, and melted cheese in two forms. seriouseats.com/tuna-melt-av…
    The ultimate pork chops start with an overnight dry-brine, before being cooked gently in an oven, and finished off with a sear in a hot skillet. https://www.seriouseats.com/perfect-pan-seared-pork-chop-recipe?taid=6492216fef81bc00012d92df&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    The ultimate pork chops start with an overnight dry-brine, before being cooked gently in an oven, and finished off with a sear in a hot skillet. seriouseats.com/perfect-pan-…
    A kimchi-and-buttermilk brine tenderizes and seasons chicken thighs, which are fried until they're super crisp and craggy. https://www.seriouseats.com/kimchi-fried-chicken-recipe?taid=649213586545c90001a22dfd&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    A kimchi-and-buttermilk brine tenderizes and seasons chicken thighs, which are fried until they're super crisp and craggy. seriouseats.com/kimchi-fried…
    A winning combination of salt cod, thyme, Scotch bonnet pepper, and scallion makes these crisp, savory fritters irresistible. https://www.seriouseats.com/salt-fish-fritters-recipe-7505265?taid=6491f74e7bd79800015f289e&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    A winning combination of salt cod, thyme, Scotch bonnet pepper, and scallion makes these crisp, savory fritters irresistible. seriouseats.com/salt-fish-fr…
    It has a dual fine-mesh filter for clean-tasting coffee and sports an easy to wash glass body. https://www.seriouseats.com/espro-p3-french-press-sale-7547115?taid=6491e95649cd0f00017ab718&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    It has a dual fine-mesh filter for clean-tasting coffee and sports an easy to wash glass body. seriouseats.com/espro-p3-fre…
    The classic, crunchy, sour-salty-sweet green papaya salad https://www.seriouseats.com/som-tam-green-papaya-salad-5208332?taid=6491db3383d8050001b7333b&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    The classic, crunchy, sour-salty-sweet green papaya salad seriouseats.com/som-tam-gree…
    We tested 16 rolling pins to find out which were the best—evaluating their performance, usability, and cleanup. https://www.seriouseats.com/how-to-choose-the-best-rolling-pin?taid=6491bf24ef81bc00012d73eb&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    We tested 16 rolling pins to find out which were the best—evaluating their performance, usability, and cleanup. seriouseats.com/how-to-choos…
    Tender, well-marbled steak, sautéed onions, and melty provolone cheese served in a soft but sturdy hoagie roll define this classic Philly sandwich. https://www.seriouseats.com/philly-cheesesteak-recipe-7546830?taid=6491b112ef81bc00012d707a&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    Tender, well-marbled steak, sautéed onions, and melty provolone cheese served in a soft but sturdy hoagie roll define this classic Philly sandwich. seriouseats.com/philly-chees…
    With a few bricks and some aluminum foil, you can build a better skewer-grilling system. https://www.seriouseats.com/how-to-set-up-grill-for-skewers?taid=6490fa3149cd0f0001bfb3d6&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    With a few bricks and some aluminum foil, you can build a better skewer-grilling system. seriouseats.com/how-to-set-u…
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    shallow learning
    Visit the post for more.  ( 6 min )
    The Fursty Ferret
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    Does a new Minnesota workforce-standards council apply only to nursing homes?
    Yes. Minnesota’s Legislature in 2023 established the Nursing Home Workforce Standards Board with responsibility over wages, benefits and working conditions specifically for nursing home workers.  ( 6 min )
    Has Uber ceased operations in Minnesota outside the Twin Cities?
    No. Uber is continuing its normal operations in Minnesota cities beyond the Twin Cities metro area, according to a company spokesperson.  ( 9 min )
    Former state representative’s son in custody following crash that killed five
    Plus: AG Keith Ellison offers support to Target; St. Paul to convene reparations commission; pilot shortage could impact your travel; how Minnesota lawmakers expanded abortion access after fall of Roe; and more.  ( 7 min )
    New Minneapolis ordinance aims to reduce mold in city’s rental units
    The new ordinance will require exterior and interior surfaces to have no visible mold or excessive dampness, require water damaged surfaces be cleaned and repaired, and that the root cause of the underlying mold or dampness be investigated and corrected.  ( 20 min )
    Doug Argue’s famous chickens paintings return to Weisman with new exhibit
    Argue’s chicken portraits take the various individual chickens from the original painting and blow them up to huge portraits in and of themselves. They are majestic and painterly, adorned with gnarly, extraneous wattles that drip from the heads of the chickens.  ( 13 min )
    The Bisexual Organizing Project of Minnesota
    BOP is a nonprofit group that has supported Minnesota’s bisexual, pansexual, fluid, queer, and unlabeled (bi+) communities since 1999.  ( 10 min )
    New program in Morris to train addiction treatment specialists looks to address unmet needs in Greater Minnesota
    In rural parts of the state, the shortage of licensed alcohol and drug counselors is stark. According to the Minnesota Department of Health, in the Twin Cities, there are 2,786 residents for every 1 LADC. In rural areas, the number is 13,576 residents to every 1 LADC.  ( 19 min )
    MinnPost’s summer member drive begins and we want to know: What’s your go-to ice cream spot?
    Throughout our summer member drive, we’ll be talking about the quintessential parts of Minnesota summers.  ( 6 min )
    The education system can’t control the labor market
    Yet the widespread belief in the mythical knowledge economy has allowed education to be blamed for labor market outcomes well beyond its control.  ( 15 min )
    Twin Cities community mourns five friends killed in weekend crash
    Plus: Minneapolis City Council candidate, fireman dies; Minnesotans charged in Jan. 6 riot; how new free college program will work; and more.  ( 7 min )
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    RT by @berkeley_ai: Today we presented our work on Action Recognition with 3D pose and tracking at #CVPR. We also released our code, models, and dataset of 1.5 million human trajectories. Code: https://github.com/brjathu/LART Project Page: http://people.eecs.berkeley.edu/~jathushan/LART
    Today we presented our work on Action Recognition with 3D pose and tracking at #CVPR. github.com/brjathu/LART people.eecs.berkeley.edu/~ja…
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    RT by @ground_guru: Big change to #PL2 next season. Intrigued to see how it works out...
    Big change to #PL2 next season. Intrigued to see how it works out... nitter.net/ground_guru/status/1671070243458785280#m
    RT by @ground_guru: 🚨 ICYMI | The story we broke this morning regarding changes to PL2 for next season. 🚨
    🚨 ICYMI | The story we broke this morning regarding changes to PL2 for next season. 🚨 nitter.net/ground_guru/status/1671072254224941056#m
    RT by @ground_guru: Great piece on engaging developmental players and connecting to the first team model https://trainingground.guru/articles/tom-hocking-empowering-players-with-analysis-at-wolves-academy
    Great piece on engaging developmental players and connecting to the first team model trainingground.guru/articles…
    RT by @ground_guru: Changes to the Premier League 2 for the upcoming season No promotion of relegation All 25 Cat 1 teams in one group Clubs vote for Swiss system Read the full story here🔽
    Changes to the Premier League 2 for the upcoming season nitter.net/ground_guru/status/1671070243458785280#m
    RT by @ground_guru: There are no secrets in sport, but with everything we now have at our disposal, the informal, one to one, non-threatening conversation is as good as anything at our disposal, still. I watched a master at it all week, and the young players crave it too. There you go #coaching
    There are no secrets in sport, but with everything we now have at our disposal, the informal, one to one, non-threatening conversation is as good as anything at our disposal, still. I watched a master at it all week, and the young players crave it too. There you go #coaching
    RT by @ground_guru: 👍
    👍 nitter.net/ground_guru/status/1671129629233491973#m
    Tom Hocking: Engaging young players with analysis at @Wolves Academy https://trainingground.guru/articles/tom-hocking-empowering-players-with-analysis-at-wolves-academy
    Tom Hocking: Engaging young players with analysis at @Wolves Academy trainingground.guru/articles…
    "Recent evidence indicates stress may hamper the updating of memories... & induce a shift from a flexible, cognitive form of learning towards rather rigid habit-like behaviour" Tom Hocking: Creating a training environment for analysis @WolvesAcademy https://trainingground.guru/articles/tom-hocking-empowering-players-with-analysis-at-wolves-academy
    "Recent evidence indicates stress may hamper the updating of memories... & induce a shift from a flexible, cognitive form of learning towards rather rigid habit-like behaviour" @WolvesAcademy trainingground.guru/articles…
    "If I hadn't seen that by doing my homework, maybe he would have caught me out." @kylewalker2 on the importance of analysis https://trainingground.guru/articles/tom-hocking-empowering-players-with-analysis-at-wolves-academy
    "If I hadn't seen that by doing my homework, maybe he would have caught me out." @kylewalker2 on the importance of analysis trainingground.guru/articles… nitter.net/ground_guru/status/1671129348168884225#m
    RT by @ground_guru: "For someone like @kylewalker2 to say that should be a boost for all analysts." Tom Hocking @WolvesAcademy https://trainingground.guru/articles/tom-hocking-empowering-players-with-analysis-at-wolves-academy
    "For someone like @kylewalker2 to say that should be a boost for all analysts." @WolvesAcademy trainingground.guru/articles…
    RT by @ground_guru: Tom Hocking: Empowering players with analysis @WolvesAcademy #WWFC @veotechnologies https://trainingground.guru/articles/tom-hocking-empowering-players-with-analysis-at-wolves-academy
    Tom Hocking: Empowering players with analysis @WolvesAcademy #WWFC @veotechnologies trainingground.guru/articles…
    Fantastic resource and account 👇👇
    Fantastic resource and account nitter.net/youthhawk/status/1671112799509008384#m
    RT by @ground_guru: Interesting https://trainingground.guru/articles/premier-league-2-to-switch-to-swiss-style-format-from-next-season
    Interesting trainingground.guru/articles…
    RT by @ground_guru: One league or two. U21s or U23s. We've covered PL2 extensively since its inception in 2016 and will continue to be your one-stop shop in 2023/24, covering every game and every goal. http://youthhawk.co.uk/w/index.php/2022-23_Premier_League_2
    One league or two. U21s or U23s. We've covered PL2 extensively since its inception in 2016 and will continue to be your one-stop shop in 2023/24, covering every game and every goal. youthhawk.co.uk/w/index.php/… nitter.net/youthhawk/status/1671068575992279041#m
    RT by @ground_guru: Bardzo duże zmiany w Premier League 2, w której rywalizują drużyny U21 akademii pierwszej kategorii: - koniec z podziałem na dwie dywizje i spadkami oraz awansami, - wprowadzony zostanie system szwajcarski, - 25 drużyn będzie podzielonych na pięć koszyków.
    Bardzo duże zmiany w Premier League 2, w której rywalizują drużyny U21 akademii pierwszej kategorii: nitter.net/ground_guru/status/1671070243458785280#m
    RT by @ground_guru: Major change to elite U21 competition from next season: - 1 league with 25 teams - clubs seeded in 5 pots - no promotion or relegation - top 16 qualify for knock-out @youthhawk https://trainingground.guru/articles/premier-league-2-to-switch-to-swiss-style-format-from-next-season
    Major change to elite U21 competition from next season: @youthhawk trainingground.guru/articles… nitter.net/ground_guru/status/1671070243458785280#m
    "Many of the more established clubs have been in favour of removing relegation for some time, believing that the desire to maintain league position has overshadowed development decisions regarding individual players." @youthhawk https://trainingground.guru/articles/premier-league-2-to-switch-to-swiss-style-format-from-next-season
    "Many of the more established clubs have been in favour of removing relegation for some time, believing that the desire to maintain league position has overshadowed development decisions regarding individual players." @youthhawk trainingground.guru/articles… nitter.net/ground_guru/status/1671070243458785280#m
    RT by @ground_guru: Six fewer fixtures for #CFCDev. plus the lack of UEFA Youth League this season, means you can make a safe assumption that Chelsea will seek alternative ways to add to their games programme, be it formal PL-organised competitions or otherwise.
    Six fewer fixtures for #CFCDev. plus the lack of UEFA Youth League this season, means you can make a safe assumption that Chelsea will seek alternative ways to add to their games programme, be it formal PL-organised competitions or otherwise. nitter.net/ground_guru/status/1671070243458785280#m
    RT by @ground_guru: Premier League 2 to switch to Swiss-style format from next season - Training Ground Guru http://dlvr.it/SqxPqM
    Premier League 2 to switch to Swiss-style format from next season - Training Ground Guru dlvr.it/SqxPqM
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    In a new interview, Cathy Whitlock talks about testifying in Held v. Montana, a groundbreaking lawsuit arguing that Montana’s energy policies contribute to #ClimateChange. and therefore violate a right to “a clean and healthful environment.” https://scim.ag/34z
    In a new interview, Cathy Whitlock talks about testifying in Held v. Montana, a groundbreaking lawsuit arguing that Montana’s energy policies contribute to #ClimateChange. and therefore violate a right to “a clean and healthful environment.” scim.ag/34z
    Prodigious self-citation has enabled the Saveetha Dental College to top global lists, a new investigation finds. https://scim.ag/34v
    Prodigious self-citation has enabled the Saveetha Dental College to top global lists, a new investigation finds. scim.ag/34v
    An extensive effort to sequence the genomes of more than a dozen snake species has uncovered mutations that likely helped make their appendages vanish, as well as the DNA underlying other unusual traits. https://scim.ag/34q
    An extensive effort to sequence the genomes of more than a dozen snake species has uncovered mutations that likely helped make their appendages vanish, as well as the DNA underlying other unusual traits. scim.ag/34q
    Researchers around the globe are now trying to revive antibody treatments to treat #COVID19 by redesigning them to take aim at targets that are less prone to mutation. https://scim.ag/34m
    Researchers around the globe are now trying to revive antibody treatments to treat #COVID19 by redesigning them to take aim at targets that are less prone to mutation. scim.ag/34m
    New findings show #ClimateChange won’t affect every reef the same way—and offer an island of hope for coral conservation in our warm future. https://scim.ag/34i
    New findings show #ClimateChange won’t affect every reef the same way—and offer an island of hope for coral conservation in our warm future. scim.ag/34i
    “That so many titles were unable to meet their OA growth targets suggests that for some publishers, the transition to full and immediate open access is unlikely to happen in a reasonable time frame.” https://scim.ag/34c
    “That so many titles were unable to meet their OA growth targets suggests that for some publishers, the transition to full and immediate open access is unlikely to happen in a reasonable time frame.” scim.ag/34c
    Removing trash from the ocean may not be as harmless as it seems. https://scim.ag/34b
    Removing trash from the ocean may not be as harmless as it seems. scim.ag/34b
    Surplus #COVID19 vaccines are off limits to researchers who want to test next generation shots against existing ones. https://scim.ag/347
    Surplus #COVID19 vaccines are off limits to researchers who want to test next generation shots against existing ones. scim.ag/347
    Postdocs and staff scientists at the University of Washington reached a tentative agreement with university administrators, with both groups securing higher pay. https://scim.ag/33Z
    Postdocs and staff scientists at the University of Washington reached a tentative agreement with university administrators, with both groups securing higher pay. scim.ag/33Z
    Dogs and humans have been together for a long time. #ScienceMagArchives https://scim.ag/33X
    Dogs and humans have been together for a long time. #ScienceMagArchives scim.ag/33X
    The practice may be linked to healthier infant development, but safety and efficacy concerns still remain. https://scim.ag/33U
    The practice may be linked to healthier infant development, but safety and efficacy concerns still remain. scim.ag/33U
    A food dye from a South American fruit has become a test case for the ethical development of natural resources. #LongReads https://scim.ag/33S
    A food dye from a South American fruit has become a test case for the ethical development of natural resources. #LongReads scim.ag/33S
    A novel cancer vaccine tailored to genetic changes in a person’s tumor is showing promise in the clinic. https://scim.ag/33R
    A novel cancer vaccine tailored to genetic changes in a person’s tumor is showing promise in the clinic. scim.ag/33R
    How far will you go to stash your snacks? For some squirrels, it’s a gravity-defying act of carpentry. https://scim.ag/33Q
    How far will you go to stash your snacks? scim.ag/33Q
    The idea behind thermal batteries is to feed surplus wind or solar electricity to a heating element, which boosts the temperature of a liquid metal bath or a graphite block to several thousand degrees. #ScienceMagArchives https://scim.ag/33O
    The idea behind thermal batteries is to feed surplus wind or solar electricity to a heating element, which boosts the temperature of a liquid metal bath or a graphite block to several thousand degrees. #ScienceMagArchives scim.ag/33O
    An MIT class exercise shows how easily #AI tools can be used to order a bioweapon. https://scim.ag/33M
    An MIT class exercise shows how easily #AI tools can be used to order a bioweapon. scim.ag/33M
    Trees, regardless of their diameter, height, or elastic properties, don't tend to break until wind speeds reach about 42 m/s (94 mph). https://scim.ag/33K #ScienceMagArchives
    Trees, regardless of their diameter, height, or elastic properties, don't tend to break until wind speeds reach about 42 m/s (94 mph). scim.ag/33K #ScienceMagArchives
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    survivoR 2.1.0 is now available
    Good news everyone! survivoR 2.1.0 is now available. The most exciting feature of this release is the new confessional timing app. Continue reading: survivoR 2.1.0 is now available  ( 8 min )
    TidyTuesday Week 25: UFO Sightings Redux
    I haven’t been TidyTuesdaying because I’ve been learning Tableau. I’ll write more about that later; but it has been an interesting experience and provides different perspectives on data compared to what you might get from R. (I’m sure you could re... Continue reading: TidyTuesday Week 25: UFO Sightings Redux  ( 19 min )
    Mastering Data Aggregation with xtabs() in R
    Introduction Continue reading: Mastering Data Aggregation with xtabs() in R  ( 10 min )
    Finding logistic models to generate data with desired risk ratio, risk difference and AUC profiles
    About two years ago, someone inquired whether simstudy had the functionality to generate data from a logistic model with a specific AUC. It did not, but now it does, thanks to a paper by Peter Austin that describes a nice algorithm to accomplish thi... Continue reading: Finding logistic models to generate data with desired risk ratio, risk difference and AUC profiles  ( 21 min )
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    Write like No One’s Watching and Share Your Truth
    I chose this platform precisely because nobody in my circle will read it. Continue reading on The Writing Cooperative »  ( 14 min )
    The Best New York Times Headline Ever
    “When an Eel Climbs a Ramp to Eat Squid from a Clamp…” Continue reading on The Writing Cooperative »  ( 10 min )
    The Most Valuable Metric When It Comes to Content
    It’s not what you think it is Continue reading on The Writing Cooperative »  ( 13 min )
    Another Platform Collapses
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    "In this process I have been reminded that, in any coming out, the community catches you." #PrideMonth @ScienceCareers https://scim.ag/34w
    "In this process I have been reminded that, in any coming out, the community catches you." #PrideMonth @ScienceCareers scim.ag/34w
    How has the cat become so globally ubiquitous and popular? The Cat’s Meow, a new book by evolutionary biologist @JLosos, has answers. Learn more: https://scim.ag/34s @SciMagBooks
    How has the cat become so globally ubiquitous and popular? @JLosos, has answers. Learn more: scim.ag/34s @SciMagBooks
    RT by @ScienceMagazine: An RNA supports the migration and invasiveness of breast and lung cancer cells, scientists discover a “sticking point” mechanism that helps activate T cells, and more in this week’s new issue of #ScienceSignaling. https://scim.ag/34p
    An RNA supports the migration and invasiveness of breast and lung cancer cells, scientists discover a “sticking point” mechanism that helps activate T cells, and more in this week’s new issue of #ScienceSignaling. scim.ag/34p
    Molecular machines developed from DNA-conjugated microtubules were capable of cooperatively loading and transporting cargo to specific locations under the control of light. https://scim.ag/34l @SciRobotics
    Molecular machines developed from DNA-conjugated microtubules were capable of cooperatively loading and transporting cargo to specific locations under the control of light. scim.ag/34l @SciRobotics
    R to @ScienceMagazine: Why is #LightPollution so difficult to measure? On this week's #SciencePodcast🎙️, @boron110 tackles this question with researcher Stefan Wallner, and discusses how coordination between disciplines is required to protect dark nights. 🎧 Listen here: https://scim.ag/31G
    Why is #LightPollution so difficult to measure? #SciencePodcast🎙️, @boron110 tackles this question with researcher Stefan Wallner, and discusses how coordination between disciplines is required to protect dark nights. scim.ag/31G
    R to @ScienceMagazine: A new #SciencePolicyForum examines existing #LightPollution regulations in various jurisdictions and discusses how they can be improved. https://scim.ag/32j
    A new #SciencePolicyForum examines existing #LightPollution regulations in various jurisdictions and discusses how they can be improved. scim.ag/32j
    R to @ScienceMagazine: A new #ScienceReview looks at how professional and amateur astronomers are affected by #LightPollution, including from satellite constellations. https://scim.ag/32i
    A new #ScienceReview looks at how professional and amateur astronomers are affected by #LightPollution, including from satellite constellations. scim.ag/32i
    R to @ScienceMagazine: A new #ScienceReview investigates how humans respond to nocturnal light exposure, disturbing sleep cycles and increasing the risk of some diseases. https://scim.ag/32h #LightPollution
    A new #ScienceReview investigates how humans respond to nocturnal light exposure, disturbing sleep cycles and increasing the risk of some diseases. scim.ag/32h #LightPollution
    R to @ScienceMagazine: Artificial light at night has variable and complex impacts on plants and animals, disrupting entire ecosystems, according to a new #ScienceReview. https://scim.ag/32g #LightPollution
    Artificial light at night has variable and complex impacts on plants and animals, disrupting entire ecosystems, according to a new #ScienceReview. scim.ag/32g #LightPollution
    R to @ScienceMagazine: Researchers need better ways to measure and monitor artificial light at night to improve our understanding of #LightPollution’s causes and to develop mitigation strategies, argues a new #ScienceReview. https://scim.ag/32f
    Researchers need better ways to measure and monitor artificial light at night to improve our understanding of #LightPollution’s causes and to develop mitigation strategies, argues a new #ScienceReview. scim.ag/32f
    In @ScienceAdvances, researchers introduce a paper-like, battery-free sensor that uses #AI to assess wound healing. The sensor enables a 97% accuracy in early detection of adverse events, such as infection, and could improve wound care management. https://scim.ag/349
    In @ScienceAdvances, researchers introduce a paper-like, battery-free sensor that uses #AI to assess wound healing. scim.ag/349
    "It is important to consider not only who does the science but also who receives the fruits of science if the Global South is to leapfrog into an equitable present and future," argues a new #ScienceEditorial by @TWASnews President Quarraisha Abdool Karim. https://scim.ag/342
    "It is important to consider not only who does the science but also who receives the fruits of science if the Global South is to leapfrog into an equitable present and future," argues a new #ScienceEditorial by @TWASnews President Quarraisha Abdool Karim. scim.ag/342
    Five of the most common shark species living in coral reefs have declined 60% to 73%, according to a massive global study in Science. 📄: https://scim.ag/33W #SciencePerspective: https://scim.ag/33V
    Five of the most common shark species living in coral reefs have declined 60% to 73%, according to a massive global study in Science. scim.ag/33W #SciencePerspective: scim.ag/33V
    The #AI Act, a groundbreaking draft law adopted with overwhelming majority by the European Parliament, provides a glimpse into the future of governance of AI, argues a new #ScienceEditorial. https://scim.ag/33T
    The #AI Act, a groundbreaking draft law adopted with overwhelming majority by the European Parliament, provides a glimpse into the future of governance of AI, argues a new #ScienceEditorial. scim.ag/33T
    Artificial atoms created from cesium ions on an InSb(110) surface can be used to emulate the molecular orbitals of organic molecules. Learn more in Science: https://scim.ag/33P
    Artificial atoms created from cesium ions on an InSb(110) surface can be used to emulate the molecular orbitals of organic molecules. scim.ag/33P
    Forest trees grown close together can protect each other from wind damage—even from the forceful gusts of a severe tropical storm, according to a study last year in @ScienceAdvances. https://scim.ag/33N #ScienceMagArchives
    Forest trees grown close together can protect each other from wind damage—even from the forceful gusts of a severe tropical storm, according to a study last year in @ScienceAdvances. scim.ag/33N #ScienceMagArchives
    Crops grown without sunlight could help feed astronauts bound for Mars, and someday supplement dinner plates on Earth. Learn more in this @NewsfromScience feature: https://scim.ag/33L
    Crops grown without sunlight could help feed astronauts bound for Mars, and someday supplement dinner plates on Earth. @NewsfromScience feature: scim.ag/33L
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    Gastro's Favorite Stories About LGBTQ+ Trailblazers
    THIS ARTICLE IS ADAPTED FROM THE JUNE 17, 2023, EDITION OF GASTRO OBSCURA’S FAVORITE THINGS NEWSLETTER. YOU CAN SIGN UP HERE. For much of 20th-century American history, restaurants, bars, and even impromptu potlucks provided safe spaces for the LGBTQ+ community. While specific foods or drinks were never really the point of these spaces, there’s a lot we can learn about queer history through them. Vegetarian fare sustained lesbian protesters in the 1970s, while tea and community could be found at clandestine queer hangouts in the 1920s. Early LGBTQ+ cookbooks sought to normalize queer joy and, in some cases, fund further activism. This Pride month, here are a few of Gastro’s favorite stories from the archives about LGBTQ+ culinary change-makers. Years Before Stonewall, a Chef Published…  ( 17 min )
    Le Caillou-qui-bique in Honnelles, Belgium
    Nestled in the Bois d'Angre, the Caillou-qui-Bique arouses curiosity for several reasons. For starters, this puddingstone is 370 million years old and strangely evocative of a human profile. The surrounding area is dotted with engraved stones bearing the poems of Emile Verhaeren. According to legend, Satan was enraged at Saint Remacle building the Abbey of Stavelot. To prevent the inauguration, he set out from the Pyrenees with a huge rock on his back, with the aim of throwing it at the church. But on the way, he met a poor man who told him that the road was still long. Discouraged and furious at not being able to arrive in time to spoil the festivities, the devil dropped his stone, which sank into the ground.  ( 12 min )
    Mynydd y Garreg Tower in Lloc, Wales
    This stone tower was restored by Llewelyn Baron Mostyn in 1897, to commemorate the 60th year of the reign of Queen Victoria. Though an inscription on the tower says that it was once a Roman pharos, there is little evidence supporting that theory. It may have been a windmill or a watchtower, according to other historic sources.  ( 12 min )
    Heilstatte Grabowsee in Oranienburg, Germany
    Heilstatte Grabowsee was established by the German Red Cross in 1896, originally designed as a test facility. It was theorized that the fresh air in the region would aid treatment for respiratory issues like tuberculosis. Eventually, the hospital grew in size to well over 300 patients. The hospital was seized by the Soviet Army during World War II, and was used as a military hospital.  Since then, most of the buildings have remained abandoned, but the set has found a second life as an occasional film set, having had scenes from Heilstatten and The Monuments Men filmed on site. Recently, the owners of the site have made tours available.  ( 12 min )
    Wounded Peace Dove Statue (VIOLATA PAX DOVE) in Montgomery, Alabama
    This bronze sculpture of a white dove was created in a foundry in Pietrasanta, Italy. Commissioned by Pope Benedict XVI as part of a “Sins of Humanity” exhibit. The dove represents the sin of war and is one of the 53 sins showcased at the opening. It was generously gifted to Troy University by the artist Fred NALL Hollis who requested the Dove be placed in the shadow of the Rosa Parks Museum to remind us of Mrs. Parks' courageous act on December 1, 1955, and how she defied the sin of racism.  ( 12 min )
    Ibiza's Wall of Fame in Ibiza, Spain
    Dalt Vila is the Eivissa walled old town with origins that date back to pre-Roman times. It has a labyrinthine framework of narrow streets and picturesque squares. If instead of going up the steep slopes and stairs that lead to the highest point of the promontory where the cathedral is located, you wander through the adjacent streets, you can find something hidden and often overlooked by tourists. A small exhibition that recalls Hollywood's Walk of Fame, but in this case, it is a wall of a house where some concrete plates with handprints (or footprints) of some celebrities, not only about cinema, are hung. Many of the celebrities on the wall hail from German-speaking areas. There are plaques of Germans like the singer Sandra Schwarzhaupt or the actor Fritz Wepper, the Swiss football player Fritz Kün who printed his feet, the filmmaker Fritz E. Maeder, the Austrian actor Ulrich Reinthaller, and Dutch actor Frijda Nelly. There are also representatives of Spain like the sculptor Miguel Ortiz Berrocal, businessman Enrique Sarasola, and the popular actor Penelope Cruz. The origin of this concentration of celebrities maybe it is due to a local initiative and after continued by a program on German television in the 1990s from the channel SAT1 hosted by Margarethe Schreinemakers, which reached an audience of millions every week between 1992 and 1996 with her talk show Schreinemakers Live. It seems that one of the activities of the show was to appear with these celebrities in Ibiza, many of them linked to the Balearic Islands, to leave their immortalized prints.  ( 13 min )
    Cripta di Giugnano in Roccastrada, Italy
    Situated in a valley in the Tuscan countryside, the striking vaulted interior of this crypt is hiding in  plain sight. Records show that a monastery has existed on this site for more than 1,000 years. The space passed through various religious orders over the centuries, including the Carthusian monks of San Galgano at Monte Siepi in the 1400s and later the Augustine Order. The crypt itself most likely dates all the way back to the Benedictine Order in Giugnano, which occupied the area around 1075. This burial ground was passed over in later iterations and has decayed spectacularly with the passing of time. Traces of frescoed walls can still be seen, as can the four original naves and the remnants of ornate stone carvings.  ( 12 min )
    Memorial Lakes in Kovach, Alberta
    Memorial Lakes are a group of three clear blue alpine lakes that are not far off from the popular Ribbon Creek Trail. Despite this the lakes remain under the radar for most hikers and tourists visiting Alberta's Rockies. But aside from its beautiful view the lakes are also known for a tragic series of events in the summer of 1986 that gave them their name. Hikers at the third lake may notice a large brick cairn on its shore, dedicated by the Alberta government, that lists the names of 13 people along with a quote. On June 6, 1986, a Cessna carrying wildlife biologist Orvall Pall, who was monitoring Bighorn sheep populations, and pilot Ken Wolff crashed into a forested section of Mount Kidd, killing both. Following the Cessna's noted absence, friends of the pilot hastily took off in their own Cessna to search for the missing plane. Only hours after the initial crash, the Cessna searching for Ovrall and Ken crashed into the side of the nearby Mount Lougheed, killing all three onboard. In the following days, several search groups were organized to look for the two missing planes numbering in the hundreds, joining in these efforts included the Canadian air force and multiple other government agencies. Despite the difficult weather, the wreckage of the second plane was found on June 9th. Finding the first plane remained more difficult, due to the forested area it crashed concealing the wreckage. On June 14, a Canadian air force DHC-6 Twin Otter, searching for the first plane crashed onto a cliff on Cox Hill killing the eight people onboard and starting a forest fire, which hampered early efforts by personnel on the ground who witnessed the crash to reach the crash site. An investigation into the third crash found that a visual illusion caused by the sun gave the illusion that the surface of the mountain was smoother than it actually was, it is possible that this same illusion could be to blame for the two other crashes as well. The wreckage of the first plane was found on June 18.  ( 13 min )
    Kalaloch Big Cedar in Forks, Washington
    Around the time Leif Ericson and his fellow Vikings were sailing to North America, this mighty Sitka cedar tree was just a sprout. Even in this forest of ancient trees, this mighty specimen has a particularly powerful presence. Botanists believe it to be roughly 1,000 years old. At 175 feet tall, the tree is the third-largest of its kind.  The weathered bark bears the scars of a coastal storm that tore the trunk almost in two in 2014. Despite the damage, the tree continues to produce leaves. It shows the cycle of life through their decomposing and froth into a nurse tree.  ( 12 min )
    Sava Centar in Belgrade, Serbia
    The Sava Centar is a prominent convention and cultural center located on the right bank of the Sava River, in the municipality of Novi Beograd. It is one of the most recognizable landmarks in the city as it is a very wide, peculiar building clad in glass panels, which has lent it the nicknames of "crystal palace/castle" and such. Historically, the Sava Centar has hosted a wide range of events, including business conferences, trade shows, domestic and international concerts, ballet and dance performances, theatre plays, art exhibitions, and more. It is home to many of the most monumental political conferences that occurred in the former Yugoslavia. Today, it is still open to the public, who can go in to see its wondrous retro interior in a massive building that will leave you in awe of its uniqueness on every floor. The construction of the Sava Centar began in 1976 and was completed in 1979. It was designed by a team of Yugoslav architects led by Stojan Maksimović, taking on a Yugoslav modernist or Brutalist style that was popular at the time. The complex was originally built to host the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank, as well as various other large-scale conferences, cultural events, and performances. Nowadays, Sava Centar is a must-visit due to its 70s interior, which has been largely untouched as if to capture the vibrant and prosperous Yugoslav past of the city. There is a beautiful and very iconic world clock that you must see in the lobby, as well as admirable conference halls where history was born. There are areas of exquisite metalwork as well as a blue-stained glow from the main windows next to plants, quaint bar areas, stalls, and little local indoor clothes shops.  ( 13 min )
    Is This the World’s Most Beloved Asparagus?
    The picturesque village of Bretforton, in Worcestershire, England, has a unique claim to fame. Over 240 acres of land surrounding the village used to be dedicated to asparagus, and today, it is the heart of the yearly Vale of Evesham asparagus celebrations. Every year in May, the village hosts the British Asparagus Festival with Morris dancing, asparagus songs, demonstrations of traditional asparagus-tying, and guest appearances from Gus the Asparagus Man and Eve, the Asparagus Fairy. Anyone wanting to know what the future holds seeks out Jemima Packington, the world’s only “Asparamancer.” Packington makes her predictions by throwing asparagus spears into the air and interpreting how they fall. Known locally as “Vale gras” or simply “gras,” Vale of Evesham asparagus is unique. It was e…  ( 18 min )
    Palazzo Malta in Rome, Italy
    Technically speaking, Vatican City and San Marino are not the only countries that exist within Italy. In fact, there is also the Order of Malta, a Roman Catholic lay religious order that functions as a sovereign entity of international law, albeit without a physical territory. Established as an offshoot of the medieval Knights Hospitaller, the Order of Malta was, as its name suggests, originally based on the island of Malta, which was given to them in 1530 by Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor. The island was invaded by Napoleon in 1798, then taken over by the British Empire in 1814, leaving the Order of Malta without any territory. The order was disbanded but restored in 1834 under the new name Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of St. John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta. Its new headquarters was placed in Palazzo Malta in Rome, a 16th-century building owned by the order since 1630, and it was granted extraterritoriality in 1869 alongside its other headquarters, Villa Malta. Today, the Sovereign Military Order of Malta (SMOM) is recognized by over 100 countries as an independent sovereign entity, maintaining diplomatic relations with them. It has its own passport, coins, and stamps, and Palazzo Malta's extraterritoriality continues to this day, functioning as the de-facto capital of the Order of Malta.  ( 13 min )
    DOMunder Subterranean Ruins in Utrecht, Netherlands
    The Holy Roman Empire was dominant in Europe throughout the Middle Ages with many sites in Europe serving as a hub with palaces constructed for imperial activity. One such palace (Lofen) was in Utrecht, Netherlands. In 1253 the city suffered a fire that lasted nine days, during which it is believed Lofen was destroyed. The location became the property of the chapter of the Dom Church. Many iterations of development are believed to have occurred; the major ones presented as architectural rendering when touring the site. On August 1, 1674, a storm hit Utrecht. Some say a hurricane but others a tornado which seems more likely as the destruction was very selective. The nave of the cathedral that occupied that site at the time came crashing down, largely destroying the church but leaving other buildings of the complex intact. Towers of 5 other churches and all but 2 windmills in Utrecht did not survive the storm.  The nave was never rebuilt, but the basic structure of the area is currently represented using different colored bricks to indicate the footprint of the nave and its supports. This area is now an open pedestrian walkway.  However, near the center of this is a secured stairwell providing access to some of the original underground support structure of the nave as well as piles of holy stonework presented as rubble. The tour includes a CGI recreation of what it would have been like being inside the nave during its collapse, it's fairly terrifying. Though it is believed several people were killed during the collapse, only one skeleton remains and is also presented in this underground tour. Nobody seems sure as to who this was, which is odd as there is a headstone is right there! Most theories involve a patron of the church.  ( 13 min )
    Son Kee Chung’s Greek Helmet in Seoul, South Korea
    Located in the Seobinggo district of Seoul, the National Museum of Korea boasts a huge, impressive collection of ancient artifacts. Not only does it have thousands of items from Korea’s past dynasties—from Baekje, Silla, and Goguryeo to Balhae to Yi of Joseon—it also exhibits a number of antiquities from Mesopotamia, Central Asia, India, China, and Japan, as well as the Greco-Roman world. One of the non-Korean artifacts is a well-patinated bronze Corinthian helmet, dated to the 6th century B.C. It is an impressive antiquity on its own indeed, but it may be somewhat peculiar that it has its own exhibit space, considering how it is not the only Greek artifact at the National Museum, and that it quite possibly has more interesting items in its collection. Then, why does it have a whole room for itself? The answer lies in its history—not all the way back to Corinth in the 6th century B.C. but to Berlin in 1936. That year, world-renowned marathoner Son Kee Chung, alternatively Sohn Ki-jung (1912-2002), won a gold medal at the Summer Olympics, breaking the record of that time. The winner of the 1936 Olympics was to be awarded the helmet, found in Olympia and purchased by the local newspaper, but the IOC decided that it was too valuable an item to be given away. More unfortunately, Son had to register and run not for Korea but for Japan—as Korea was occupied by the empire at that time—a status he was vehemently against. It was not until 1986, at a reception in celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the Olympic Games, that he finally received the helmet. Until then, it had been displayed at the Charlottenburg Museum despite its rightful owner’s continuous efforts to have it back. Out of respect for the artifact’s historical value, Son donated the Hellenic helmet to the National Museum in 1994. The Korean government designated it as its 904th National Treasure, the only Western article to be given the honor.  ( 13 min )
    Podcast: Flavor Graveyard
    Listen and subscribe on Stitcher, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all major podcast apps. In this episode of The Atlas Obscura Podcast, we visit a peculiar graveyard behind the Ben & Jerry's factory in Waterbury, Vermont—one dedicated to dearly departed ice cream flavors. Our podcast is an audio guide to the world’s wondrous, awe-inspiring, strange places. In under 15 minutes, we’ll take you to an incredible site, and along the way you’ll meet some fascinating people and hear their stories. Join us daily, Monday through Thursday, to explore a new wonder with cofounder Dylan Thuras and a neighborhood of Atlas Obscura reporters.  ( 13 min )
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    Fangyán = topolect in DC
    I'm in Georgetown for a few days to meet with colleagues and do some research.  Shortly after I left my hotel and headed down Wisconsin Avenue toward the Potomac for a morning run, I stopped dead in my tracks when I crossed over the canal and saw this: Especially with all the butterflies in the window, I […]  ( 8 min )
    Topolects and texts
    Illuminating new book from Hong Kong University Press edited by Richard VanNess Simmons: Studies in Colloquial Chinese and Its History:  Dialect and Text ISBN : 978-988-8754-09-0 The book also has a Chinese title: Hànyǔ kǒuyǔ de lìshǐ yánjiū: fāngyán hé wénxiàn 漢語口語的歷史研究:方言與文獻 I would prefer to render this into English as: Studies on the History […]  ( 9 min )
    Tortured phrases, LLMs, and Goodhart's Law
    A few years ago, I began to notice that the scientific and technical papers relentless spammed at me, by academia.edu and similar outfits, were becoming increasingly surrealistic. And I soon learned that the source for such articles was systems for "article spinning" by "rogeting" — automatic random subsitution of (usually inappropriate) synonyms. Those techniques were […]  ( 9 min )
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    RT by @OptaAnalyst: While certain teams might be targeting point guards and big men in Thursday's NBA Draft, it seems every team can always use another two-way wing. We've used our NBA Draft Model to identify the players that offer the most two-way potential at the wing. https://theanalyst.com/na/2023/06/top-two-way-wings-2023-nba-draft/
    While certain teams might be targeting point guards and big men in Thursday's NBA Draft, it seems every team can always use another two-way wing. theanalyst.com/na/2023/06/to…
    RT by @OptaAnalyst: Why Everyone Wants Moises Caicedo 💰 🔵 Outstanding defensive numbers 🔵 Press resistant on the ball 🔵 A box-to-box machine We profile one of the most sought-after Premier League midfielders 📊👇
    Why Everyone Wants Moises Caicedo 💰 🔵 Outstanding defensive numbers 🔵 Press resistant on the ball 🔵 A box-to-box machine We profile one of the most sought-after Premier League midfielders 📊👇
    RT by @OptaAnalyst: 𝐁𝐢𝐠 𝐌𝐚𝐧 𝐔𝐩 🔝 With teams now able to press better than ever before, is it time for your side to deploy a Big Man Up Top™ to combat that? @alitweedale investigates the data 📊
    𝐁𝐢𝐠 𝐌𝐚𝐧 𝐔𝐩 🔝 @alitweedale investigates the data 📊
    𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐞𝐫 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐠𝐮𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐠𝐮𝐞 𝟐: The Key Differences 📈 How does the style of Football change as you journey down the English Football pyramid? Well, we have the answers. Read our in-depth study on the differences between the top four tiers in England. ⬇️
    𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐞𝐫 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐠𝐮𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐠𝐮𝐞 𝟐: The Key Differences 📈 How does the style of Football change as you journey down the English Football pyramid? Well, we have the answers. Read our in-depth study on the differences between the top four tiers in England. ⬇️
    🥉 Third in the Premier League 🏆 Ended a six-year trophy drought 🔢 Their second-best points tally post-Ferguson Overall, Erik ten Hag's first season at Man Utd was a success, but they can't afford to stand still. So, what should they focus on improving?
    🥉 Third in the Premier League 🏆 Ended a six-year trophy drought 🔢 Their second-best points tally post-Ferguson Overall, Erik ten Hag's first season at Man Utd was a success, but they can't afford to stand still. So, what should they focus on improving?
    RT by @OptaAnalyst: 𝓢𝓽𝓪𝓻𝓫𝓸𝔂 Bukayo Saka couldn't even remember the last time he scored a hat-trick at 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑡ℎ level, so Monday's treble was momentous for the Arsenal star. Here are the @OptaJoe numbers that highlight the significance of his achievement... ⚽⚽⚽ https://theanalyst.com/eu/2023/06/opta-numbers-behind-bukayo-saka-first-career-hat-trick/
    𝓢𝓽𝓪𝓻𝓫𝓸𝔂 @OptaJoe numbers that highlight the significance of his achievement... theanalyst.com/eu/2023/06/op…
    RT by @OptaAnalyst: U21 Euros: Players to Watch 👀 Figo, Cannavaro, Pirlo and Thiago are among the previous recipients of the 'Golden Player' award. But who could be the next to join them? We analysed 5 players to keep an eye on as the tournament kicks off 👇 https://theanalyst.com/eu/2023/06/under-21-european-championship-players-to-watch/
    U21 Euros: Players to Watch 👀 theanalyst.com/eu/2023/06/un…
    Have you taken on the Opta Quiz podcast yet ❓ Play and subscribe on your favourite podcast platforms. Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/opta-quiz/id1691049656 Google: https://podcasts.google.com/?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly90aGVhbmFseXN0LmNvbS9mZWVkL3BvZGNhc3Qvb3B0YS1xdWl6Lw Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3ffm6r8y7EtjToyE01INQg Others: https://linktr.ee/optaquiz https://theanalyst.com/eu/podcast/world-cup-quiz-opta-quiz/
    Have you taken on the Opta Quiz podcast yet ❓ podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas… podcasts.google.com/?feed=aH… open.spotify.com/show/3ffm6r… linktr.ee/optaquiz theanalyst.com/eu/podcast/wo…
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    Comment on August 2022 version of the notes by ravivakil
    In reply to John Arstrong. I think that's not necessary, and that's why I removed it. I hope I don't eat my words!  ( 24 min )
    Comment on April 2023 version of the notes by ravivakil
    April Grimoire wrote to me (in an email): "In FOAGapr0123public.pdf, at the beginning of p.57, in the following paragraph Here is a counterexample. Because the axioms of abelian categories are self-dual, it suffices to give an example in which a filtered limit fails to be exact, and we do this. It seems that 'filtered' should have been 'cofiltered'." That sounds right to me (and the example is both filtered and cofiltered in any case), but I'm mentioning this here so someone might stop me if I am doing something silly! (And thank you to April Grimoire...)  ( 14 min )
    Comment on April 2023 version of the notes by ravivakil
    In reply to eliasgv3. You are right, thanks! I can see the error I made: I added this comment at the same time as adding the corresponding statement for quasicompact morphisms, and I was typing carelessly. (Aside: I actually don't know if this definition is at all used or useful in other parts of geometry...)  ( 14 min )
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    guess the fyp only serves photos now so here’s a serving of freezer beef
    guess the fyp only serves photos now so here’s a serving of freezer beef  ( 1 min )
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    Nobels for practitioners of economics?
    Who else? If they gave Econ Nobels to practitioners of economics, not just researchers, who would deserve the prize? Some picks, in rough order of importance for human welfare:– Wan Li, for Chinese rural reform– Manmohan Singh– Mario Draghi, for "whatever it takes" — Oliver Kim (@oliverwkim) June 14, 2023 Comments are open… The post Nobels for practitioners of economics? appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments Albert Winsemius, a key advisor to the early economic policy ... by Samuel Peterson In reply to Biggles F’Tang. Yeah Bobby! I used to call him ... by EdR In reply to RAD. Great list. Add TC/AT for their tireless ... by sxb Not an economist by trade but a great example of applied ... by Paul Selesko In reply to KL. Sarcasm makes modern life tolerable. by EdR Plus 10 more... Related Stories Elephant tusks, incentives, and the sacred Vertical migration externalities, or another reason why California taxes are too high Using a Quantum Annealer to Solve a Real Business Cycle Model  ( 6 min )
    Tuesday assorted links
    1. A 2018 vision for how crypto and AI will merge. 2. Claire Cain Miller on why social media may not be so terrible for teens (NYT). 3. How does space affect astronaut brains? 4. Getting started on electricity deregulation. 5. Japan’s approach to AI regulation. 6. “Using data for occupations at the 3-digit level […] The post Tuesday assorted links appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments In reply to It was not a lapse in logic. > Facts will never ... by PHinton In reply to Lord Action. I have no doubt we are able to build ... by Neurotic In reply to steve. SM is poison – and it is the young girls ... by Antony T Mr. Cowen – is this enough for you? Or are ALL the doomers ... by Antony T In reply to Aldo Compagnoni. Election season is coming up… ... by DeQuan Plus 10 more...  ( 6 min )
    Messiaen’s Vingts Regards sur l`Enfant Jesus, by Krystoffer Hyldig
    The post Messiaen’s Vingts Regards sur l`Enfant Jesus, by Krystoffer Hyldig appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments listened to some(enough) to make sure this is just modern ... by athEIst Messiaen at best. by zztop In reply to Lee A. Arnold. Mantra is too formless for me. ... by Paul Homchick In reply to California. It makes you wonder if when you ... by peri Mid. by Frank Plus 10 more... Related Stories Emergent Ventures winners, 26th cohort What should I ask Ada Palmer?  ( 6 min )
    Elephant tusks, incentives, and the sacred
    In a heap of burnt and powdered elephant tusks, you can see so much of social science. If you visit Nairobi National Park, you will see rhinos, hippos, and giraffes, all within sight of the city skyline. You also will see an organized site showing several large mounds of burnt and powdered elephant tusks. They […] The post Elephant tusks, incentives, and the sacred appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments In reply to Sure. The best reference here is Hsaing & Sekar ... by Mark Witte In reply to chuck f. Worse than that! > For governments ... by Worley In reply to Keith. You're not wrong and it's an interesting ... by Jim Loring There is a win-win-win solution to the poaching problem. An ... by Viking In reply to rsm. what if you brought the poachers to america ... by Bill Plus 10 more... Related Stories Nobels for practitioners of economics? My EA fireside chat with Kelsey Piper, on Effective Altruism Vertical migration externalities, or another reason why California taxes are too high  ( 8 min )
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    The Secret House, by Edgar Wallace
    During the course of a murder investigation, the Assistant Commissioner of Police uncovers a blackmail scheme involving a seedy newspaper and members of British high society.  ( 2 min )
    The Square Emerald, by Edgar Wallace
    Scotland Yard’s first female investigator sets out to prove the innocence of a convicted forger.  ( 2 min )
    Oil!, by Upton Sinclair
    A wealthy oil tycoon’s son grapples with his father’s unethical business practices as he forms alliances with oilfield workers and socialists in Southern California.  ( 2 min )
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    ‘Deplorable’: Imaging journal to retract nearly 80 papers for compromised peer review
    A journal co-published by two scientific societies is retracting nearly 80 papers after an “investigation into peer review fraud.” The Journal of Electronic Imaging is retracting the articles – all originally published in special sections between 2021 and 2023 – starting this week. The journal is co-published by “SPIE, the international society for optics and … Continue reading ‘Deplorable’: Imaging journal to retract nearly 80 papers for compromised peer review  ( 7 min )
    Paper retracted more than eight months after author admitted to plagiarism
    Last September, a researcher at a university in Bangladesh emailed a journal about a paper he had published in 2019. He made a stark admission: the paper contained plagiarism, said Sorif Hossain, a lecturer in statistics at Noakhali Science and Technology University, who called for the article to be promptly retracted. But the paper remained … Continue reading Paper retracted more than eight months after author admitted to plagiarism  ( 9 min )
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    The Best Weber Grills for Grilling, Smoking, and Traveling, Tested by Serious Eats
    Weber's gas and charcoal grills consistently rank high in our reviews, thanks to their efficiency, ease of use, approachable price point, and generous warranties.  ( 30 min )
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    Debt Costs More When Rates Go Up
    Also Two Sigma feuding, MiFID II modifications, crypto exchange internal market makers and “only insider trade while drunk.”  ( 2 min )
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    Defy Your Neck-Hairs
    We humans seem to have a general heuristic: be more wary of things that differ more from familiar things. In particular, we more distrust creatures who differ more from us; we are more inclined to ally against those who differ more, with those who differ less. In extreme cases, different and unknown powerful things can make the hairs on the back of our neck stand up in fear.
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    RT by @losthunderlads: As a source of knowledge about the past, 31% of Americans trust college professors (vs just 7% for TV news) "a great deal". When profs go on cable TV they are spending trust that generations of scholars have earned to help cable news. https://www.historians.org/research-and-publications/history-the-past-and-public-culture-results-from-a-national-survey/4-which-sources-of-the-past-are-viewed-as-trustworthy
    As a source of knowledge about the past, 31% of Americans trust college professors (vs just 7% for TV news) "a great deal". When profs go on cable TV they are spending trust that generations of scholars have earned to help cable news. historians.org/research-and-…
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    Should every correlation be published during the COVID-19 pandemic?
    Nans Florens, Gideon Meyerowitz-Katz, Jérôme Barriere, Eric Billy, Fabrice Frank, Véronique Saada, Alexander Samuel, Barbara Seitz-Polski, Kyle Sheldrick, and Lonni Besançon write an article with the above title that begins as follows: There is a strong correlation between deaths by … Continue reading →  ( 15 min )
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    Today's #SCOTUS order list is here: https://www.supremecourt.gov/orders/courtorders/062023zor_4gc5.pdf
    Today's #SCOTUS order list is here: supremecourt.gov/orders/cour…
    #SCOTUS agrees to decide whether US is immune from lawsuits for violations of Fair Credit Reporting Act
    #SCOTUS agrees to decide whether US is immune from lawsuits for violations of Fair Credit Reporting Act
    But first, orders from the justices' private conference last week are expected at 9:30 am today.
    But first, orders from the justices' private conference last week are expected at 9:30 am today. nitter.net/AHoweBlogger/status/1671146292351844352#m
    #SCOTUS expected to release opinions on Thursday and Friday of this week. The justices have 18 as-yet-undecided cases.
    #SCOTUS expected to release opinions on Thursday and Friday of this week. The justices have 18 as-yet-undecided cases.
    RT by @AHoweBlogger: There will be a lot of bad information today about this standard scheduling order by Judge Cannon. Although the case is currently set for August, that’s not a real date. It’s just a place setter. The case will get continued. https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.flsd.648652/gov.uscourts.flsd.648652.28.0.pdf
    There will be a lot of bad information today about this standard scheduling order by Judge Cannon. Although the case is currently set for August, that’s not a real date. It’s just a place setter. The case will get continued. storage.courtlistener.com/re…
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    The Southern Baptist Convention Displays the Clash of Politics and Religion
    The Southern Baptist Convention’s annual gathering in New Orleans just expelled or “disfellowshipped” member churches that allowed women to hold pastoral positions. Among the expelled was the amazingly successful Saddleback Church of Southern California, founded by superstar-Pastor Rick Warren, a church that had grown from a six-person Bible study group in 1980 to 15 campuses […]  ( 13 min )
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    Dismantling Common Sense, Twice
    In my last post I raised a question about the pros and cons of common sense. I left it as a wide-open question, as I was curious to see how readers would react. Many aspects of common sense affect how we relate to other people, and it’s clear they have considerable value. But the intuitions ... Read more  ( 18 min )
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    my terminal is spiffy now - I like this font!
    Fragment Mono: Helvetica Monospace Coding Font (downloads) [dusko]  ( 1 min )
    button.surf.linkylove 06-20-23
    oooh what’s this ⇾ SEVERE ⇾ KANTO ⇾ Danppun inside the Web ⇾ tiger carnival ⇾ LoveTiny  ( 1 min )
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    Here’s this week’s cartoon for @guardian_sport https://www.theguardian.com/football/ng-interactive/2023/jun/20/david-squires-on-jack-grealish-and-his-week-long-treble-celebrations
    Here’s this week’s cartoon for @guardian_sport theguardian.com/football/ng-…
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    RT by @ZoubinGhahrama1: [De retour de #VivaTech] 🌍 En quoi l'#IA nous aide-t-elle face aux défis sociétaux ? ❓ Comment développer l'IA de façon responsable ? 🇫🇷 Quelle est la mission du centre de recherche en IA de @Google à Paris ? 📽️ Les réponses de @ZoubinGhahrama1, VP Research @Google @DeepMind
    [De retour de #VivaTech] #IA nous aide-t-elle face aux défis sociétaux ? @Google à Paris ? @ZoubinGhahrama1, VP Research @Google @DeepMind
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    Davidson On Takeoff Speeds
    Machine Alignment Monday 6/19/23
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    After Decades of Debate, FDA Moves to Regulate In-House Lab Tests
    So-called lab-developed tests, which are created and used within a single lab, have long avoided scrutiny by the Food and Drug Administration. But as the tests become increasingly popular, including for prenatal screening, concerns about their accuracy are prompting the federal agency to take a closer look.  ( 13 min )
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    RT by @tetraduzione: The code of our scalable neural #ASP is online. Check it out. https://github.com/ml-research/SLASH
    The code of our scalable neural #ASP is online. Check it out. github.com/ml-research/SLASH
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    NRL Predictions for Round 17
    Team Ratings for Round 17 The basic method is described on my Department home page. Here are the team ratings prior to this week’s games, along with the ratings at the start of the season. Current Rating Rating at Season Start Difference Panthers 12.28 12.99 -0.70 Rabbitohs 8.13 9.35 -1.20 Storm 7.15 11.21 -4.10 Eels […] NRL Predictions for Round 17 first appeared on Stats Chat.  ( 5 min )
    Super Rugby Predictions for the Super Rugby Final
    Team Ratings for the Super Rugby Final The basic method is described on my Department home page. Here are the team ratings prior to this week’s games, along with the ratings at the start of the season. Current Rating Rating at Season Start Difference Crusaders 18.49 17.95 0.50 Chiefs 13.09 8.81 4.30 Blues 12.17 12.34 […] Super Rugby Predictions for the Super Rugby Final first appeared on Stats Chat.  ( 5 min )
    Currie Cup Predictions for the Currie Cup Final
    Team Ratings for the Currie Cup Final The basic method is described on my Department home page. Here are the team ratings prior to this week’s games, along with the ratings at the start of the season. Current Rating Rating at Season Start Difference Cheetahs 6.18 4.67 1.50 Pumas 4.49 2.84 1.60 Sharks 0.96 -1.30 […] Currie Cup Predictions for the Currie Cup Final first appeared on Stats Chat.  ( 5 min )

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    Modes (Part 4)
    In Part 3, we figured out all the 7-note scales drawn from the usual 12-tone scale and obeying an extra constraint: there’s at most a whole tone between consecutive notes. We got a total of 21. They come in 3 groups of 7: • the modes of the major scale • the modes of the […]  ( 13 min )
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    Modes (Part 4)
    In Part 3, we figured out all the 7-note scales drawn from the usual 12-tone scale and obeying an extra constraint: there’s at most a whole tone between consecutive notes. We got a total of 21. They come in 3 groups of 7: • the modes of the major scale • the modes of the […]  ( 13 min )
    AI Anthology
    Back in March, I was approached to contribute to a then-upcoming anthology project to evaluate an early access version of the GPT-4 large language model, and write a short essay about my experiences. Our prompt was to focus on two core questions: The anthology is now in the process of being rolled out, with twelve of […]  ( 13 min )
    Food and (broadly speaking) fluid mechanics - great paper!
    (author's website pdf , arxiv version ) is just a spectacularly good review article about fluid mechanics (broadly defined to include a bit about foams and viscoelastic systems) and food/drink.  The article is broadly structured like a menu (drinks & cocktails for multiphase flows; soups & starters for complex fluids; hot entrees for thermal effects; desserts for viscous flows; coffee for granular effects; tea for suspensions and mixing; and dishwashing for flows at interfaces).   I know I'm a particular niche demographic, in that I'm a scientist who likes cooking and actually had mech-e training in fluid mechanics, but trust me:  this article is just excellent, touching on a ton of interesting phenomena that you can play with in your own kitchen, while making connections to cutting-edge ongoing research.   :  APS Physics has a .UpdateQ&A with the first author here This paperherehere  ( 9 min )
    Research Fellowships in Representation Theory and/or Low Dimensional Topology at Leeds
    Apply for a job in Leeds  ( 2 min )
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    AI Anthology
    Back in March, I was approached to contribute to a then-upcoming anthology project to evaluate an early access version of the GPT-4 large language model, and write a short essay about my experiences. Our prompt was to focus on two core questions: The anthology is now in the process of being rolled out, with twelve of […]  ( 13 min )
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    Are you a postdoc? We want to hear how your career in science has fared over the past three years. Have cost-of-living rises, workforce shortages, or AI affected you? Let us know: https://go.nature.com/3p9jbgi
    Are you a postdoc? We want to hear how your career in science has fared over the past three years. Have cost-of-living rises, workforce shortages, or AI affected you? Let us know: go.nature.com/3p9jbgi
    RT by @Nature: This #Pride piece includes astute and thoughtful reporting by @sophurky. And don't skip the sidebar where trans scientists tell their truths. Coming out at work: transgender scientists share their stories https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-01908-y
    This #Pride piece includes astute and thoughtful reporting by @sophurky. And don't skip the sidebar where trans scientists tell their truths. nature.com/articles/d41586-0…
    Pay, perks and culture shocks: a toolkit for scientists moving to industry https://go.nature.com/3Pk7IFv
    Pay, perks and culture shocks: a toolkit for scientists moving to industry go.nature.com/3Pk7IFv
    Christina Termini’s tweet on her do-it-yourself system for managing lab inventory went viral. Here’s how to implement the tool #AcademicChatter https://go.nature.com/3Jjiecl
    Christina Termini’s tweet on her do-it-yourself system for managing lab inventory went viral. Here’s how to implement the tool #AcademicChatter go.nature.com/3Jjiecl
    Human depletion of underground reservoirs has shifted the global distribution of water so much that the North Pole has drifted by more more than 4 centimetres per year https://go.nature.com/3Pk7P3J
    Human depletion of underground reservoirs has shifted the global distribution of water so much that the North Pole has drifted by more more than 4 centimetres per year go.nature.com/3Pk7P3J
    R to @Nature: Get this Briefing free in your inbox 📩 sign up at: https://www.nature.com/briefing/signup/?utm_source=twt_nnc&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=briefingthread
    Get this Briefing free in your inbox 📩 sign up at: nature.com/briefing/signup/?…
    R to @Nature: Last week, our penguin puzzle saw Leif Penguinson exploring the dense forests of Karkonosze National Park in southwestern Poland. Did you find the penguin?
    Last week, our penguin puzzle saw Leif Penguinson exploring the dense forests of Karkonosze National Park in southwestern Poland. Did you find the penguin?
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    Tuna marinated with vinegar, onions, tomatoes, ginger and chiles. https://www.seriouseats.com/kinilaw-5193131?taid=6490ddfa7bd79800015eeb85&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    Tuna marinated with vinegar, onions, tomatoes, ginger and chiles. seriouseats.com/kinilaw-5193…
    This mayo-free tuna salad is loaded with Mediterranean flavors, including plenty of fresh olive oil, capers, olives, fennel, celery, and a splash of lemon. https://www.seriouseats.com/mediterranean-tuna-salad-sandwich-recipe?taid=6490c1e283d8050001b6f508&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    This mayo-free tuna salad is loaded with Mediterranean flavors, including plenty of fresh olive oil, capers, olives, fennel, celery, and a splash of lemon. seriouseats.com/mediterranea…
    An easy, one-skillet swordfish dinner straight from Southern Italy. https://www.seriouseats.com/agghiotta-di-pesce-spada-sicilian-braised-swordfish-with-tomatoes-and-olives-5212333?taid=6490a5ef83d8050001b6ef26&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    An easy, one-skillet swordfish dinner straight from Southern Italy. seriouseats.com/agghiotta-di…
    Everything you'll need to stock a full Jamaican pantry. https://www.seriouseats.com/jamaican-essential-ingredients?taid=649097dc6545c9000155ad0f&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    Everything you'll need to stock a full Jamaican pantry. seriouseats.com/jamaican-ess…
    Cauliflower cooked down into a savory-sweet sauce with Sicilian staples: anchovies, pine nuts, raisins, saffron, and toasted breadcrumbs. https://www.seriouseats.com/pasta-chi-vruoccoli-arriminati-sicilian-pasta-with-cauliflower?taid=649089e47bd79800015edc0d&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    Cauliflower cooked down into a savory-sweet sauce with Sicilian staples: anchovies, pine nuts, raisins, saffron, and toasted breadcrumbs. seriouseats.com/pasta-chi-vr…
    Mired in the stench, people danced, drank, shared stories, and fell in love, all in the name of a single iconic dish. https://www.seriouseats.com/chitlin-strut-salley-south-carolina?taid=64906daf9149e00001808345&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    Mired in the stench, people danced, drank, shared stories, and fell in love, all in the name of a single iconic dish. seriouseats.com/chitlin-stru…
    Chilly bears, a.k.a. flips, a.k.a. honeydrippers, a.k.a huckabucks, are a frozen treat that embodies the twinned culinary histories of frozen desserts in America and the traditional red drinks of the African diaspora. https://www.seriouseats.com/chilly-bears-frozen-cup-history?taid=64905fb133bd120001fd753f&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    Chilly bears, a.k.a. flips, a.k.a. honeydrippers, a.k.a huckabucks, are a frozen treat that embodies the twinned culinary histories of frozen desserts in America and the traditional red drinks of the African diaspora. seriouseats.com/chilly-bears…
    Hot sauce is used twice to season these super flavorful veggie burgers. https://www.seriouseats.com/hot-sauce-spiked-mushroom-veggie-burgers-recipe-5188512?taid=648fa8a7bfb6b300016bbd3e&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    Hot sauce is used twice to season these super flavorful veggie burgers. seriouseats.com/hot-sauce-sp…
    We tested every variable to find the best method and ingredients to make the ultimate Genovese-style basil pesto sauce that tastes just like it came from the Ligurian hills of Italy. https://www.seriouseats.com/best-pesto-recipe?taid=648f9a9dcdd3ac0001dde7a2&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    We tested every variable to find the best method and ingredients to make the ultimate Genovese-style basil pesto sauce that tastes just like it came from the Ligurian hills of Italy. seriouseats.com/best-pesto-r…
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    The Man Show is not gay . Its smart
    The Man Show is not gay . Its smart
    the titanic is still out there taking lives and everyone on here is too busy posting pictures of their fat penis to care
    the titanic is still out there taking lives and everyone on here is too busy posting pictures of their fat penis to care
    some times you see a person on here screaming and accusing you of being a "ho" and you click onto their profile and its this guy
    some times you see a person on here screaming and accusing you of being a "ho" and you click onto their profile and its this guy
    they brought back the man show but the hosts just spend 28 minutes every episode talking about sucking womens toes and feet. WOKE!
    they brought back the man show but the hosts just spend 28 minutes every episode talking about sucking womens toes and feet. WOKE!
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    Approximation Methods in Bayesian Analysis [#1]
    Interesting first day, if somewhat intense!, with Sylvia Richardson talking of divide & conquer strategies, which we had recently explored in our work on mixtures with Adrien and Judith. Then Jere Koskela (Warwick) on sufficient conditions for consistent inference on trees like Kingman’s coalescent. And in the afternoon Julia-Adela Palacios on tree estimation, with novel […]  ( 6 min )
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    Approximation Methods in Bayesian Analysis [#1]
    Interesting first day, if somewhat intense!, with Sylvia Richardson talking of divide & conquer strategies, which we had recently explored in our work on mixtures with Adrien and Judith. Then Jere Koskela (Warwick) on sufficient conditions for consistent inference on trees like Kingman’s coalescent. And in the afternoon Julia-Adela Palacios on tree estimation, with novel […]  ( 6 min )
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    I should say, that is what our tech has been doing to us for a couple thousand centuries. I'm not at all sure if the process can be stopped, or if we would even be right to want to stop it.
    I should say, that is what our tech has been doing to us for a couple thousand centuries. I'm not at all sure if the process can be stopped, or if we would even be right to want to stop it. nitter.net/losthunderlads/status/1670853843331022848#m
    RT by @losthunderlads: 'Night forest' by contemporary US artist Paula Schuette Kraemer #WomensArt
    'Night forest' by contemporary US artist Paula Schuette Kraemer #WomensArt
    RT by @losthunderlads: Leningrad rain. Excerpt from "City and the Song" Soviet musical TV film, 1968.
    Leningrad rain. Excerpt from "City and the Song" Soviet musical TV film, 1968.
    tmblr.co/ZuM2Kyd-tFsceW00
    tmblr.co/ZuM2Kyd-tFsceW00
    RT by @losthunderlads: it is estimated there is 40-42 million prostitutes worldwide, 75% of them between the ages 13-25 and over 9 out of 10 have a pimp. a prostitute is 60-120 times more likely to be assaulted or murdered than an average person. but sure, it’s a regular job just like any other
    it is estimated there is 40-42 million prostitutes worldwide, 75% of them between the ages 13-25 and over 9 out of 10 have a pimp. a prostitute is 60-120 times more likely to be assaulted or murdered than an average person. but sure, it’s a regular job just like any other
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    RT by @ground_guru: Victor Orta close to a return to football. Deal being finalised for him to replace Monchi as Sevilla’s sporting director. Minor details to agree but will take him back to the club he worked at for almost a decade. Story @TheAthleticFC https://theathletic.com/4623010/2023/06/19/victor-orta-sevilla-monchi/
    Victor Orta close to a return to football. Deal being finalised for him to replace Monchi as Sevilla’s sporting director. Minor details to agree but will take him back to the club he worked at for almost a decade. @TheAthleticFC theathletic.com/4623010/2023…
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    Can you help Max Thilo in Singapore?
    Having experienced the strengths and weaknesses of the NHS firsthand — I recently completed treatment for Hodgkin’s lymphoma — Tyler kindly awarded me an Emergent Ventures grant to travel to Singapore to study their healthcare system. I would like to meet with health professionals and civil servants working in the health sector. I am looking […] The post Can you help Max Thilo in Singapore? appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments Singapore's universal care system (MediShield) covers the cost ... by rayward In reply to EdR deep fake. Then you're in the UK. by GPT_mf (EdR) In reply to GPT_mf (EdR). What if you run out of someone ... by EdR deep fake So I cut myself, at least it wasn't Rosemary's Baby. Yes, on ... by Equestrian In reply to Crusader. User charges. TNSTAAFLMF If it's ... by GPT_mf (EdR) Plus 5 more...  ( 6 min )
    My EA fireside chat with Kelsey Piper, on Effective Altruism
    Recorded before the SBF implosion, and full of predictions.  Only now available on YouTube, with Q&A from the EA audience as well Interesting throughout. The post My EA fireside chat with Kelsey Piper, on Effective Altruism appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments In reply to Wanda. I'll tag that one as “vocal fry.” ... by Moral Panic In reply to Keith. Agreed. Unfortunately that's not unique to ... by James In reply to Todd K. Harappa and Moche might be two examples. ... by Klapaucius In reply to Todd K. To be fair, he had seen all three many, ... by MikeP In reply to Joe. I'm not generally a reactionary, but I do ... by Formerly K Plus 10 more... Related Stories My Conversation with Noam Chomsky My excellent Conversation with Peter Singer What should I ask Ada Palmer?  ( 6 min )
    Monday assorted links
    1. Catfish noodling.  “Catfish spawn in underwater holes, so when spawning season comes, you reach or dive underwater, stick your hand in the an underwater hole, wait for a catfish to bite down on your hand, and then you grab the fish by its jaw and wrestle it out of its hole and up to […] The post Monday assorted links appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments “1. Catfish noodling. ” One of the nuances, from the ... by mkt42 In reply to Anonymous. “Sucks to be an economist.” I ... by EdR In reply to Christian Jacob. I've been to musicals much worse ... by So Much For Subtlety In reply to steve. The sort of person who saves up and buys a ... by So Much For Subtlety In reply to DeQuan. It's nice having a brand new crank ... by James Plus 10 more...  ( 6 min )
    Black Magic Technology
    Arthur C. Clarke said that “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” Here’s an example. You know those ubiquitous little LEDs on devices like speakers, card readers, microphones etc. that simply indicate that the device has power? The authors show that these LEDs can bleed information about power consumption that can be used to […] The post Black Magic Technology appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments In reply to Marc_W. The Soviets planted in the US embassy in ... by mkt42 In reply to cthulhu. This class of side-channel attack ... by Cyrus I was involved with the Multics project back in the 1970s. It ... by Kaleberg In reply to Kaleberg. Oops! blinkee beat me to this. Sorry. by Kaleberg In reply to Old Programmer. Wasn't HAL reading the ... by Kaleberg Plus 10 more... Related Stories A mild return for Danish phrenology? GDP and temperature shocks Using a Quantum Annealer to Solve a Real Business Cycle Model  ( 6 min )
    Safari surprises
    I learned just how accustomed I am to North American wildlife patterns.  In much of North America, you see wildlife only sporadically, as for instance in Yellowstone Park you can easily drive for an hour and not see a bear. In this part of Masai Mara, it is unusual to drive for more than thirty […] The post Safari surprises appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments In reply to hnau. Not that long ago, serious-TM biologists ... by Kaleberg In reply to Bazza. That first part is rather poetic, like ... by Kaleberg In reply to Neurotic. One of the reasons those areas aren't ... by Kaleberg In reply to alz9794. I was warned against wearing ... by Kaleberg In reply to Anti-Gnostic. So might makes right, and economics ... by rsm Plus 10 more...  ( 7 min )
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    How to Start a Daily Writing Habit (And Have Endless Ideas to Write About)
    Journaling makes me vomit. Continue reading on The Writing Cooperative »  ( 10 min )
    How to Write a Blog for the First Time
    A guide to help you from start to finish including examples and an unexpected SEO tip. Continue reading on The Writing Cooperative »  ( 18 min )
    Weathering the Seasons as Creatives: Encouragement for the Sunny and Bleak Days
    Successes and rejections are both part of the natural cycle Continue reading on The Writing Cooperative »  ( 8 min )
    Writers Paid Through a Subscription Model Must Be Extra Mindful of Their Readers
    How the reader/writer relationship has evolved for the better Continue reading on The Writing Cooperative »  ( 14 min )
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    i’m not sure, frankly, that 15-20% is especially surprising for someone (a) who is running against a president with just an 80% approval rating within his own party and (b) who has the last name kennedy. call me when RFK is at 30% in january 2024
    i’m not sure, frankly, that 15-20% is especially surprising for someone (a) who is running against a president with just an 80% approval rating within his own party and (b) who has the last name kennedy. call me when RFK is at 30% in january 2024 nitter.net/nytimes/status/1670808758509862917#m
    response rates for several key government surveys are now nearing or exceeding the lows they experienced during the early part of the covid-19 pandemic https://www.bls.gov/osmr/response-rates/home.htm
    response rates for several key government surveys are now nearing or exceeding the lows they experienced during the early part of the covid-19 pandemic bls.gov/osmr/response-rates/…
    wrong. also 538%
    wrong. also 538% nitter.net/TrueSlazac/status/1670438466172121089#m
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    ANNOUNCEMENT: If you are submitting a tutorial proposal to @NeurIPSConf, you will be allowed to include a 6th page for references only, but please highlight (in bold) the subset of _key_ references which your tutorial will primarily draw from.
    ANNOUNCEMENT: If you are submitting a tutorial proposal to @NeurIPSConf, you will be allowed to include a 6th page for references only, but please highlight (in bold) the subset of _key_ references which your tutorial will primarily draw from.
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    Poems: 'The Southern Lights at –50° Fahrenheit' and 'Lake Vostok'
    Science in meter and verse
    Kids Need More Places to Play, Not Fat Shaming
    We should pay less attention to children’s weight and more to their overall health by encouraging outdoor play
    Could Endometriosis Be Caused by Bacteria? Study Offers Fresh Clues
    A link between endometriosis and bacterial infection suggests a potential way to treat the painful disorder
    We Live in the Rarest Type of Planetary System
    New work suggests four distinct star system types—and finds our own in the rarest category
    Quantum Light Experiment Proves Photosynthesis Starts with a Single Photon
    Scientists have used quantum technology to track individual particles of light as they begin the process of photosynthesis
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    European warriors of the Bronze Age might have been fearsome—but they were no match for milk. #ScienceMagArchives https://scim.ag/33G
    European warriors of the Bronze Age might have been fearsome—but they were no match for milk. #ScienceMagArchives scim.ag/33G
    It’s the first time a frog—or any amphibian—has been observed pollinating a plant. https://scim.ag/33B
    It’s the first time a frog—or any amphibian—has been observed pollinating a plant. scim.ag/33B
    A groundbreaking epidemiological study has produced the most compelling evidence yet that exposure to the chemical solvent trichloroethylene—common in soil and groundwater—increases the risk of developing Parkinson’s disease. https://scim.ag/33v
    A groundbreaking epidemiological study has produced the most compelling evidence yet that exposure to the chemical solvent trichloroethylene—common in soil and groundwater—increases the risk of developing Parkinson’s disease. scim.ag/33v
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    RT by @ScienceMagazine: Taurine deficiency may be a driver for aging, finds a new @ScienceMagazine study in several animal models. The results warrant clinical trials to examine taurine’s effect on healthy lifespan in humans. 📄: https://scim.ag/33F #SciencePerspective: https://scim.ag/33E
    Taurine deficiency may be a driver for aging, finds a new @ScienceMagazine study in several animal models. The results warrant clinical trials to examine taurine’s effect on healthy lifespan in humans. scim.ag/33F #SciencePerspective: scim.ag/33E
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    RT by @berkeley_ai: 🤝🤔𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙙𝙤 𝙬𝙚 𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙚𝙖𝙘𝙝 𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙪𝙘𝙘𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙛𝙪𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙘𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙚?? In our new ICML paper, we provide a method that determines exactly the information you need to be an optimal teammate in multiagent games. [1/10]
    🤝🤔𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙙𝙤 𝙬𝙚 𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙚𝙖𝙘𝙝 𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙪𝙘𝙘𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙛𝙪𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙘𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙚??
    RT by @berkeley_ai: We have an exciting @CVPR workshop on visual pretraining for robotics tomorrow! Apart from the fully in-person talks by an amazing set of speakers, we are glad to have a beautiful venue right across the Vancouver sea and mountains! Schedule: https://vispr-workshop.github.io/
    We have an exciting @CVPR workshop on visual pretraining for robotics tomorrow! vispr-workshop.github.io/
    RT by @berkeley_ai: New pre-print w/ @AlisonGopnik "Comparing Machines and Children: Using Developmental Psychology Experiments to Assess the Strengths and Weaknesses of LaMDA Responses" A benchmark investigation on @Google LaMDA & key developmental domains🤖 https://arxiv.org/abs/2305.11243 @berkeley_ai
    New pre-print w/ @AlisonGopnik "Comparing Machines and Children: Using Developmental Psychology Experiments to Assess the Strengths and Weaknesses of LaMDA Responses" @Google LaMDA & key developmental domains🤖 arxiv.org/abs/2305.11243 @berkeley_ai
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    Final call for today’s blog on the FFP situation in the Premier League.
    Final call for today’s blog on the FFP situation in the Premier League. nitter.net/SwissRamble/status/1670672997022089217#m
    Lunchtime reminder of today’s blog on the FFP situation in the Premier League.
    Lunchtime reminder of today’s blog on the FFP situation in the Premier League. nitter.net/SwissRamble/status/1670672997022089217#m
    RT by @SwissRamble: A detailed look at the position of every Premier League club in terms of FFP as at the end of the 2021/22 season. TLDR - every club is fine with a couple of notable exceptions, though some are uncomfortably close to the limit. https://swissramble.substack.com/p/financial-fair-play-202122
    A detailed look at the position of every Premier League club in terms of FFP as at the end of the 2021/22 season. TLDR - every club is fine with a couple of notable exceptions, though some are uncomfortably close to the limit. swissramble.substack.com/p/f…
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    RT by @OptaAnalyst: 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐞𝐫 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐠𝐮𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐠𝐮𝐞 𝟐: The Key Differences 📈 How does the style of Football change as you journey down the English Football pyramid? Well, we have the answers. Read our in-depth study on the differences between the top four tiers in England. ⬇️
    𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐞𝐫 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐠𝐮𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐠𝐮𝐞 𝟐: The Key Differences 📈 How does the style of Football change as you journey down the English Football pyramid? Well, we have the answers. Read our in-depth study on the differences between the top four tiers in England. ⬇️
    RT by @OptaAnalyst: ⚫️Ball progression ⚫️Midfield steel ⚫️Headed goals Is Edson Álvarez the perfect Declan Rice replacement? https://theanalyst.com/eu/2023/06/edson-alvarez-ajax-ball-progression-and-midfield-steel-what-you-get/
    ⚫️Ball progression theanalyst.com/eu/2023/06/ed…
    RT by @OptaAnalyst: 🆕Take on the Opta Quiz How much do you remember about the 2022 World Cup? 🏆 We've got 10 teasers lined up in our latest podcast, how will you get on? 🧠 Download, subscribe, rate & review on your favourite podcast platform 🎧 https://link.chtbl.com/rsge1jYd
    🆕Take on the Opta Quiz link.chtbl.com/rsge1jYd
    Does Experience Bring Success? 👀 We look at all the facts and stats for the youngest teams and players in 2022-23 across the top five European leagues. https://theanalyst.com/eu/2023/06/how-much-faith-does-your-club-show-in-young-players-2022-23/
    Does Experience Bring Success? 👀 theanalyst.com/eu/2023/06/ho…
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    Renewing the R Consortium Census Working Group
    Back in 2018, when I was most involved in developing choroplethr, Joe Rickert, R Consortium Director, recommended that I submit a proposal to the R Consortium to create a Working... Continue reading: Renewing the R Consortium Census Working Group  ( 9 min )
    The Naming of Stats
    The Naming of Stats is a difficult matter, Continue reading: The Naming of Stats  ( 8 min )
    Two-way ANOVA in R
    Introduction Continue reading: Two-way ANOVA in R  ( 83 min )
    rOpenSci Champions Program Teams: Meet Alican Cagri Gokcek and Elio Campitelli
    We designed the rOpenSci Champions Program with a mentorship aspect. Mentoring plays a significant role in the growth and development of both mentors and mentees alike. In our program, each Champion has a mentor who accompanies them during their train... Continue reading: rOpenSci Champions Program Teams: Meet Alican Cagri Gokcek and Elio Campitelli  ( 9 min )
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    Welcome to the BAG: The Dutch Building and Addresses database
    Recently, I wrote a small open source tool to make the official Dutch national address & building database more accessible. More about the tool below, but first an introduction. If all you need is an up to date CSV file of all Dutch addresses, their zipcodes and coordinates, scroll down to the end. If all you need is a web service, try https://berthub.eu/pcode/2513AA/14. For more details, do read on.  ( 5 min )
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    The 20 Best Thriller Movies Of The 2000s
    Ah, the 2000s, what a time to be alive. Flip phones and Myspace were still a thing, Brittney Spears and Eminem dominated Billboard’s charts, the world could not shut up about American Idol, the iPod came out, Tiger Woods won four straight majors, and Pottermania was in full swing. The aughts were also a banner […]  ( 10 min )
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    R to @Zonal_Marking:
    nitter.net/Zonal_Marking/status/180370600282435585#m
    Was gonna tweet that Bournemouth should sack O’Neil but bottled it. PL clubs have the ability to get in top-class coaches now. O’Neil did a good job, but also got a bit lucky, dull football, prob more than 50% chance he would have got replaced next season. May as well do it now.
    Was gonna tweet that Bournemouth should sack O’Neil but bottled it. PL clubs have the ability to get in top-class coaches now. O’Neil did a good job, but also got a bit lucky, dull football, prob more than 50% chance he would have got replaced next season. May as well do it now.
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    The Naming of Stats
    The Naming of Stats is a difficult matter, Of names of this kind, there are many examples,  ( 1 min )
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    Can Visualization Alleviate Dichotomous Thinking? Some experimental evidence.
    Jouni Helske, Satu Helske, Matthew Cooper, Anders Ynnerman, and Lonni Besançon write: Can Visualization Alleviate Dichotomous Thinking? Effects of Visual Representations on the Cliff Effect Common reporting styles for statistical results in scientific articles, such as p-values and confidence intervals … Continue reading →  ( 12 min )
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    An Olmec 'Earth Monster' Returns to Mexico
    This story was originally published on The Conversation and appears here under a Creative Commons license. An extremely important 1-ton sculpture, sometimes referred to by archaeologists as an “Earth Monster” or Monument 9, was repatriated to Mexico from a private collection in Colorado in May 2023, according to an announcement from Mexico’s Consul General in New York. The monument features the head of a front-facing creature with a gaping mouth: a supernatural being that represented the living, animate earth to an ancient culture in Central America and Mexico. This sculpture was reportedly found at the base of a hill at Chalcatzingo, an archaeological site some 80 miles (130 kilometers) south of Mexico City, and dates to roughly 600 B.C. Chalcatzingo is closely related to Olmec cult…  ( 19 min )
    On Wyoming's Casper Mountain, the Crimson Dawn Witches Appear Every Midsummer's Eve
    It was 1929 when Neal Forsling began telling stories of the witches who live on the mountain, revealing themselves only on Midsummer’s Eve. The writer and artist had just moved to a remote one-room cabin on Wyoming’s Casper Mountain with her two young daughters, Jean and Mary. Set high near a red sandstone butte that overlooks the valley, the 640-acre homestead, surrounded by aspen and pine forest, was a new beginning for the family of three in the wake of a difficult time. Unable to bring most of the family’s books, Forsling used her own imagination to entertain her girls, who were 11 and 9 at the time. She was inspired during an early morning walk by the deep red color of the sandstone, and came up with the idea of a world called Crimson Dawn. From that moment, the tales flowed: There …  ( 19 min )
    Puzzle Monday: Putting the 'Road' in Road Trips Crossword
    This Atlas Obscura–themed crossword comes from independent crossword constructor Brendan Emmett Quigley. He has been a professional puzzlemaker since 1996, and his pieces have appeared in dozens of publications. He's also a member of the Boston Typewriter Orchestra. You can solve the puzzle below, or download it in .pdf or .puz. Note that the links in the clues will take you to Atlas Obscura pages that contain the answer. Happy solving!  ( 11 min )
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    RT by @tetraduzione: 📣 Exciting news! 🎉 We are proud to announce our #NeurIPS2023 "ROAD-R Challenge" 🏁 This competition pushes the boundaries of AI by combining road event detection with adherence to specific logical requirements. Get ready for an incredible journey! 🔥 [1/n]
    📣 Exciting news! 🎉 We are proud to announce our #NeurIPS2023 "ROAD-R Challenge" 🏁 This competition pushes the boundaries of AI by combining road event detection with adherence to specific logical requirements. Get ready for an incredible journey! 🔥 [1/n]  ( 2 min )
    RT by @tetraduzione: Just arrived in Japan. I'm in Atami, attending the Workshop on Bayes Duality https://bayesduality.github.io/workshop/ The hotel is amazing! I'll be in Tokyo on Monday only to give a talk @RIKEN_AIP_EN (that's also part of the workshop).
    Just arrived in Japan. I'm in Atami, attending the Workshop on Bayes Duality bayesduality.github.io/works… @RIKEN_AIP_EN (that's also part of the workshop).
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    Answer Questions About Drawings of People
    That’s the intentionally unrevealing title of the research survey I’m designing to study how viewers perceive race and ethnicity in comics. It was originally “Representing Race in the Comics Medium” (which not coincidentally is also the subtitle of my book-in-progress, “The Color of Paper”), but a much more experienced colleague suggested I go with something […]  ( 11 min )
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    Research Fellowships in Representation Theory and/or Low Dimensional Topology at Leeds
    Apply for a job in Leeds  ( 2 min )
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    R to @squires_david: Just me then
    Just me then
    Is anyone else having issues with the eraser tool in Photoshop, or is it just me being useless?
    Is anyone else having issues with the eraser tool in Photoshop, or is it just me being useless?
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    Comment on April 2023 version of the notes by eliasgv3
    In section 8.3.1, it is said: >A morphism π:X→Y is quasiseparated if for every affine open subset U of Y, π⁻¹(U) is a quasiseparated scheme (§5.1.1). (Equivalently, the preimage of any quasicompact open subset is quasiseparated, although we won't worry about proving this. This is the definition that extends to other parts of geometry.) The sentence between parentheses is wrong https://math.stackexchange.com/a/4721092/394668 Instead, it should be "the preimage of any quasiseparated open is quasiseparated" https://math.stackexchange.com/a/4421658/394668  ( 13 min )
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    Studies Show a Need for Procedural Justice in ‘Hot Spot’ Policing
    Violent crime “hot spots” account for up to half of all reported crime in many cities. But recent research suggests that what’s called procedural justice policing — being fair, transparent, and giving citizens a voice — can greatly reduce crime while also encouraging stronger community relations.  ( 16 min )
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    Bookshelf Sorting
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    "A tectonic shift in the national Latino vote, along the lines of what we saw in Florida perhaps, is still theoretically possible. But there is no evidence for it in the 2022 elections." Read @amyewalter's conclusions from a new report on Latino voters: https://www.cookpolitical.com/analysis/national/national-politics/latino-voters-who-sat-out-midterms-provide-opportunity-gop-2024
    "A tectonic shift in the national Latino vote, along the lines of what we saw in Florida perhaps, is still theoretically possible. But there is no evidence for it in the 2022 elections." @amyewalter's conclusions from a new report on Latino voters: cookpolitical.com/analysis/n…
    "Without Gallagher running — which Republicans in Wisconsin we talked to said they never really believed he would — the GOP is left with a bench of much weaker options to take on Baldwin, who they caution will be formidable." Read the latest in #WISen: https://www.cookpolitical.com/analysis/senate/wisconsin-senate/gallagher-passes-wisconsin-senate-bid-blow-gop
    "Without Gallagher running — which Republicans in Wisconsin we talked to said they never really believed he would — the GOP is left with a bench of much weaker options to take on Baldwin, who they caution will be formidable." #WISen: cookpolitical.com/analysis/s…
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    Yall come experience joy!! Cause i hsve fun!! BIG FUN!! June 24 THE @PolkTheatre in NASHVILLE! Then @OldNatlCentre in INDIANAPOLIS JUNE 25!! Go get your tickets now! @LennyMarcusNYC @CookieHull
    Yall come experience joy!! Cause i hsve fun!! BIG FUN!! June 24 THE @PolkTheatre in NASHVILLE! Then @OldNatlCentre in INDIANAPOLIS JUNE 25!! Go get your tickets now! @LennyMarcusNYC @CookieHull
    Gonna be in Indianapolis June 25 at the Old National Center! @OldNatlCentre with @LennyMarcusNYC and @CookieHull come through!
    Gonna be in Indianapolis June 25 at the Old National Center! @OldNatlCentre with @LennyMarcusNYC and @CookieHull come through!
    Gonna be in Nashville this Saturday June 24 at the Polk Theater! Get your tickets! @PolkTheatre
    Gonna be in Nashville this Saturday June 24 at the Polk Theater! Get your tickets! @PolkTheatre  ( 1 min )
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    no country for old men [Cormac McCarthy]
    Visit the post for more.  ( 6 min )
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    Flavored with olive oil, vinegar, almonds, and plenty of raw garlic, then served chilled or at room temperature, skordalia—a tangy mashed potato dip—will give you a whole new perspective on what mashed potatoes can be. https://www.seriouseats.com/skordalia-greek-garlic-potato-spread-dip-recipe?taid=648f7e7b01365d0001cf4061&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    Flavored with olive oil, vinegar, almonds, and plenty of raw garlic, then served chilled or at room temperature, skordalia—a tangy mashed potato dip—will give you a whole new perspective on what mashed potatoes can be. seriouseats.com/skordalia-gr…
    Tender-crisp cabbage, stir-fried in a ripping hot wok with garlic and fish sauce. https://www.seriouseats.com/galam-plee-nam-pla-thai-stir-fried-cabbage-with-fish-sauce-and-garlic?taid=648f706bda728200012e2e2a&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    Tender-crisp cabbage, stir-fried in a ripping hot wok with garlic and fish sauce. seriouseats.com/galam-plee-n…
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    Leveraging generic type hints of classes in Python
    Introduction Continue reading: Leveraging generic type hints of classes in Python  ( 12 min )
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    What Judges Look for When You Submit to a Fiction Contest
    7 ways to make your submission sing Continue reading on The Writing Cooperative »  ( 11 min )
    5 Ways To Improve Your Writing While Traveling
    Traveling is essential to the creative lives of writers. Continue reading on The Writing Cooperative »  ( 12 min )
    Want More Writing Jobs? Upskill With These 3 Valuable Digital Skills
    Stay ahead of the competition — and AI Continue reading on The Writing Cooperative »  ( 12 min )
    A Matter Of Survival: How The WGA Is Trying To Save Feature Screenwriters
    Top WGA members weigh in about the exploitation of feature screenwriters and how the union’s proposals will help them and the film industry Continue reading on The Writing Cooperative »  ( 31 min )
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    no listen folks they were perfectly honest about the data they _collected_, it’s the data they _generated_ that you have a problem with
    no listen folks they were perfectly honest about the data they _collected_, it’s the data they _generated_ that you have a problem with nitter.net/jenniferdoleac/status/1670490737257881601#m
    til my wife is a millennial dad
    til my wife is a millennial dad
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    RT by @tetraduzione: Four days left for early registration for #UAI2023: https://auai.org/uai2023/registration #UAI2023. UAI 2023 will take place at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, Jul 31-Aug 4, with banquet @PhippsNews Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens!
    Four days left for early registration for #UAI2023: auai.org/uai2023/registratio… #UAI2023. UAI 2023 will take place at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, Jul 31-Aug 4, with banquet @PhippsNews Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens!
    RT by @tetraduzione: See you tomorrow!
    See you tomorrow! nitter.net/fgvcworkshop/status/1670300593154588673#m
    RT by @tetraduzione: Update: we've started replicating their experiments directly with GPT4 calls, and somehow it only gets worse. We've finished running zero-shot GPT 4 on the dataset, and after hand grading the first 30% of the dataset, the results don't seem to match the paper. 🧵
    Update: we've started replicating their experiments directly with GPT4 calls, and somehow it only gets worse. nitter.net/sauhaarda/status/1670053720233750530#m
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    Zero profit condition, illustrated on the Kenyan plains
    That is fresh kill from the night before, a buffalo hunted by lions, as the guide explained.  As of about 7 a.m., lions had eaten and hauled away all of the carcass. Hyenas carried away the bones. The surrounding ground was utterly spotless. This free lunch is over! The post Zero profit condition, illustrated on the Kenyan plains appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments In reply to Dinwar. Human kills, due to our tools, tend to be ... by So Much For Subtlety In reply to rsm. Bizarre that this guy thinks cats only hunt ... by Prester John There aren't many strip malls on the Kenyan plains, so follow ... by TC's ethnic dining guide In reply to rsm. Actually you’re right, hunters cut off the ... by L In reply to RAD. It's not an unreasonable explanation. ... by Dinwar Plus 10 more...  ( 6 min )
    Sunday assorted links
    1. Nate Silver on Jokic. 2. The physics of dancing peanuts in beer (Cowen’s Second Law). 3. Pastoralists and drought. 4. Mark Lutter’s plan to build a new Caribbean city. 5. Meta plans to commercialize the next version of LLaMA. 6. On the European human capital decline. The post Sunday assorted links appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments In reply to Ben. But the post is analyzing current ... by mkt42 “3. Pastoralists and drought.” The musical ... by mkt42 In reply to RAD. The building rate in Toronto is incredible ... by Formerly K In reply to EdR. Being a service economy is only viable if ... by Dino the Isaurian In reply to So Much For Subtlety. Why not? They’ve got to ... by Dino the Isaurian Plus 10 more...  ( 6 min )
    India bots to the rescue
    None of women in the Bangalore trial had heard of ChatGPT and some of them had given up on receiving aid after struggling with language barriers, and government officials and middlemen demanding bribes. The Bangalore trials were led by Saurabh Karn and his team at the nonprofit OpenNyAI. By feeding a collection of millions of […] The post India bots to the rescue appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments In reply to sxb. Right, technology increases knowledge of ... by mkt42 In reply to Etalon d'Silomar. Sorry. It's the requirement to ... by Etalon d'Silomar In reply to Edward Burke. Not just India, but the world. Why ... by Ben In reply to rayward. In high school, students who studied ... by rayward In reply to Etalon d'Silomar. If I learn Mandarin, that will ... by rayward Plus 5 more... Related Stories Web 3.0 has a future after all The Road to Socialism and Back: An Economic History of Poland, 1939–2019 Virtue signaling on Twitter  ( 7 min )
    A mild return for Danish phrenology?
    A new study in Denmark used machine learning techniques on photographs of faces of Danish politicians to predict whether their political ideology is left- or right-wing. The accuracy of predictions was 61%. Faces of right-wing politicians were more likely to have happy and less likely to have neutral facial expressions. Women with attractive faces were […] The post A mild return for Danish phrenology? appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments In reply to Hadur. Meh. Wear a cowboy hat and some boots with ... by steve In reply to kavu. B/c R’s are more likely to be working ... by Oldcurmudgeon In reply to Smoghat. Sarah Sanders is the daughter of a ... by aaron In reply to ABC. Forget donation solicitation… wait until ... by JFA In reply to DeQuan. Yes, and haven't we always coveted the ... by Fondanomics Plus 10 more... Related Stories SHRUG 2 for India is out My Conversation with Noam Chomsky What is the optimistic case for Kenya?  ( 6 min )
    Vertical migration externalities, or another reason why California taxes are too high
    State income taxes affect federal income tax revenue by shifting the spatial distribution of households between high- and low-productivity states, thereby changing household incomes and tax payments. We derive an expression for these fiscal externalities of state taxes in terms of estimable statistics. An empirical quantification using American Community Survey data reveals that the externalities […] The post Vertical migration externalities, or another reason why California taxes are too high appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments No one here has pointed out that the reason businesses tend to ... by Kaleberg In reply to So Much For Subtlety. Mississippi gets money from ... by Kaleberg In reply to So Much For Subtlety. There are lots of federal ... by Kaleberg In reply to Nodoubt. Does this mean that high taxes encourage ... by Kaleberg In reply to Formerly K. I was in California during the ... by Kaleberg Plus 10 more... Related Stories Using a Quantum Annealer to Solve a Real Business Cycle Model The Road to Socialism and Back: An Economic History of Poland, 1939–2019 What is the optimistic case for Kenya?  ( 7 min )
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    The Teacher Asks…
    * * * The teacher asks a student,“Johnny, how much will your mom pay at the market for three pounds of apples if one pound is three dollars?”“I do not know,” answers Johnny, “My mom loves bargaining, and she is good at it.” * * * The teacher asks a student,“Johnny, in a 5-story building, […]  ( 5 min )
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    Open Thread 281
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    When a Wildfire Burns a City Built for Extracting Oil
    A wildfire rages against the Alberta tar sands, aliens induce existential crises for people (and cats), the hype and potential of MDMA, and more books out now
    Physicists Make Matter out of Light to Find Quantum Singularities
    Experiments that imitate solid materials with light waves reveal the quantum basis of exotic physical effects
    Science News Briefs from around the World: July/August 2023
    Unlikely pollinators in Brazil, climate-resilient coffee in Uganda, credible cryptozoology down under, and more in this month’s Quick Hits
    How Greyhound Racing Drove the Evolution of a Superparasite
    The greyhound racing industry has been implicated in the rise of drug resistance in hookworms—which can infect dogs and humans
    Why Dads and Their Babies Need to Go Skin-to-Skin
    Fathers and nonbirthing parents benefit from skin-to-skin contact with their newborns
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    The Fifth Queen, by Ford Madox Ford
    A young noblewoman arrives at court and quickly gets embroiled in court politics and comes to the attention of the king.  ( 2 min )
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    Foreign-born workers were a record high 18.1 percent of the U.S. civilian labor force in 2022 https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2023/foreign-born-workers-were-a-record-high-18-1-percent-of-the-u-s-civilian-labor-force-in-2022.htm #BLSdata
    Foreign-born workers were a record high 18.1 percent of the U.S. civilian labor force in 2022 bls.gov/opub/ted/2023/foreig… #BLSdata
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    RT by @pixelatedboat: Well well well if it isn’t
    Well well well if it isn’t nitter.net/ActualNames1/status/1670444120731697153#m
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    Just passed a Jeep with license plate “GERMDR” on the DC Beltway. This person is probably a:
    Just passed a Jeep with license plate “GERMDR” on the DC Beltway. This person is probably a:
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    Social experiments and the often-neglected role of theory
    Jason Collins discusses a paper by Milkman et al. that presented “a megastudy testing 54 interventions to increase the gym visits of 61,000 experimental participants.” Some colleagues and I discussed that paper awhile ago—I think we were planning to write … Continue reading →  ( 13 min )
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    recently noticed 06-18-23
    Aether 📌 “Peer-to-peer ephemeral public communities” /kbin 📌 “an open source reddit-like content aggregator and microblogging platform for the fediverse” Weekle “a web app to teach you how to quickly determine the day of the week from any date” arttime 📌 “a terminal application that blends beauty of text-art with functionality of clock / timer / pattern-based time manager ⏰” ZOMBO Gotcha! (again) 😎  ( 1 min )
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    A Blind Leap
    With my postdoctoral fellowship wrapping up, I muse about what comes next. The post A Blind Leap appeared first on Economics from the Top Down.  ( 10 min )
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    Modes (Part 3)
    I want to tell you more about modes! I’ve been playing music and thinking about modes a lot, but now I have more to say. In Part 1, I described the 7 modes formed by starting the major scale at various points: I linked to videos where you could hear samples of music in each […]  ( 8 min )
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    Modes (Part 3)
    I want to tell you more about modes! I’ve been playing music and thinking about modes a lot, but now I have more to say. In Part 1, I described the 7 modes formed by starting the major scale at various points: I linked to videos where you could hear samples of music in each […]  ( 8 min )
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    Saturn < Cronus (Κρόνος) ≠ Chronos (Χρόνος)
    [This is a guest post by Jichang Lulu, with some minor modifications and additions by VHM] You might have seen this — the PRC embassy in Poland has given Badiucao's forthcoming exhibition in Warsaw (coorganised by Sinopsis) some very welcome, completely unexpected publicity by trying to have it shut down. Lots of international reporting: The Guardian, Sydney Morning Herald, &c., &c. […]  ( 8 min )
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    Looking for ChatGPT again
    When I wrote about ChatGPT-detecting last time, I said that overall accuracy wasn’t enough; you’d need to know about the accuracy in relevant groups of people: In addition to knowing the overall false positive rate, we’d want to know the false positive rate for important groups of students.  Does using a translator app on text […] Looking for ChatGPT again first appeared on Stats Chat.  ( 5 min )
    Smartphone blood pressure
    At Ars Technica there’s an interesting story about a smartphone addon being developed to provide rapid, inexpensive blood pressure measurement.   Home blood pressure machines aren’t all that cheap and they’re a bit tricky to use reliably on your  own. Smartphones, obviously, are more expensive than the blood pressure machines, but people might already own them […] Smartphone blood pressure first appeared on Stats Chat.  ( 5 min )

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    webscussion on Bayesian causality
    Today, I attended (most of) and briefly took part in the discussion webinar run by Bayesian Analysis (the journal) and featuring the paper Causal Inference Under Mis-Specification: Adjustment Based on the Propensity Score by David Stephens, Widemberg Nobre, Erica Moodie, and Alexandra M. Schmidt, for which Pierre Jacob and I contributed a written discussion. I […]  ( 6 min )
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    webscussion on Bayesian causality
    Today, I attended (most of) and briefly took part in the discussion webinar run by Bayesian Analysis (the journal) and featuring the paper Causal Inference Under Mis-Specification: Adjustment Based on the Propensity Score by David Stephens, Widemberg Nobre, Erica Moodie, and Alexandra M. Schmidt, for which Pierre Jacob and I contributed a written discussion. I […]  ( 6 min )
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    RT by @tetraduzione: When your dream vastly exceeds your ability to implement. FYI, Alfie apparently can do very little on its own, but instead is teleoperated by humans from the Philippines and elsewhere. Talk about privacy issues…
    When your dream vastly exceeds your ability to implement. nitter.net/shariq/status/1655631896766717952#m  ( 2 min )
    lol! what about GPT4?
    lol! nitter.net/maxaltl/status/1670042262737125381#m
    RT by @tetraduzione: For a critique of @iddo’s earlier, related work that *should* have been discussed in the new paper, see https://arxiv.org/abs/2208.06906 by @ErnestSDavis
    For a critique of @iddo’s earlier, related work that *should* have been discussed in the new paper, see arxiv.org/abs/2208.06906 by @ErnestSDavis
    hype likely correlates to low scholarship standards
    hype likely correlates to low scholarship standards nitter.net/sauhaarda/status/1670053720233750530#m
    RT by @tetraduzione: For who can forget the immortal words of Archimedes: "Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall improve SoTA by 0.03%."
    For who can forget the immortal words of Archimedes: "Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall improve SoTA by 0.03%."
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    Puke & Publish
    Give yourself permission to free-flow a bit, it might be great! Continue reading on The Writing Cooperative »  ( 9 min )
    Don’t Tell Me Your Film Idea!
    Why is it so hard to get feedback on your story ideas from working screenwriters? Continue reading on The Writing Cooperative »  ( 15 min )
    How I’m Planning on Revamping My Writing Strategy This Summer
    Join me for the summer of writing! Continue reading on The Writing Cooperative »  ( 16 min )
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    "Throw a photo" in South Florida English
    Article by Phillip M. Carter in The Conversation (6/12/23): "Linguists have identified a new English dialect that’s emerging in South Florida" Beginning sentences: “We got down from the car and went inside.” “I made the line to pay for groceries.” “He made a party to celebrate his son’s birthday.” These phrases might sound off to […]  ( 10 min )
    Ancient eggcorns
    The word eggcorn was originally proposed in a LLOG post almost 20 years ago — "Egg corns: folk etymology, malapropism, mondegreen, ???", 9/23/2003.  And the word is now recognized by most current English dictionaries and other relevant sources, which gloss it variously, e.g. — the  Oxford English Dictionary, ("An alteration of a word or phrase […]  ( 11 min )
    Coors Light Bear
    An NFL policy prohibits players from endorsing alcoholic beverages. So Coors found a linguistic work-around: Last year's commercial promoted the Coors (Flash) Light: I have some inter-related contractual and cultural questions. Are these commercials really consistent, legally, with a contractual agreement not to promote alcoholic beverages? Is is crucial that there is actual merch you […]  ( 8 min )
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    RT by @ground_guru: The functional power/strength needed for football doesn't need to go at the expense of agility either. This is something Des Ryan (formerly of Arsenal) highlighted well on the Training Ground Guru podcast. Sad to see it still happen
    The functional power/strength needed for football doesn't need to go at the expense of agility either. This is something Des Ryan (formerly of Arsenal) highlighted well on the Training Ground Guru podcast. Sad to see it still happen
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    It’s amazing how much these clowns are telling everything about trump now but they was his biggest supporters. DONT BE FOOLED. THIS GUY IS A PIECE OF SHIT TOO! Don’t nobody care he coming after trump now!! All this should have been said when you was kissing his ass!! DO NOT LET THESE LIARS BACK IN!! THEY SHOULD ALL BE DONE! #NOTGONNAFALLFORITDUDE
    It’s amazing how much these clowns are telling everything about trump now but they was his biggest supporters. DONT BE FOOLED. THIS GUY IS A PIECE OF SHIT TOO! Don’t nobody care he coming after trump now!! All this should have been said when you was kissing his ass!! DO NOT LET THESE LIARS BACK IN!! THEY SHOULD ALL BE DONE! #NOTGONNAFALLFORITDUDE
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    UK NHS fact of the day
    Germany has six for every thousand people, Belgium has five, we have two. Here is an essay by Sam Freedman, “How Bad Does It Need to Get?”, via Nick Thornsby. The post UK NHS fact of the day appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments In reply to ABC. Diet by Ham In reply to M. Yeah, M. As a share of GDP Britain spends only ... by Dismalist In reply to Bazza. Looks to me like you could put it that ... by M In reply to M. So Opex is the elephant in the room? by Bazza In reply to M. There is a lot said about ... by Equestrian Plus 10 more... Related Stories The Road to Socialism and Back: An Economic History of Poland, 1939–2019 What is the optimistic case for Kenya? Nigeria floats its exchange rate  ( 6 min )
    Saturday assorted links
    1. The Mechanical Turk is increasingly mechanical in fact. 2. Participating in a climate prediction market increases concern about global warming. 3. “Growth in per pupil education spending in the United States was mostly flat until 1918, after which it increased by almost 100% in a brief six-year period.” 4. Taliban markets in everything, “Cash-strapped […] The post Saturday assorted links appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments In reply to Anonymous. he's just a sad and confused dude like ... by Richard Caines In reply to M. Thanks for the detailed response. All of your ... by Justin Chang In reply to JWatts. You can go fuck your crops, asshole. by Anonymous In reply to Lee A. Arnold. In the report it states: “There ... by Todd K In reply to sxb. #7? by Bazza Plus 10 more...  ( 6 min )
    Using a Quantum Annealer to Solve a Real Business Cycle Model
    From Jesús Fernández-Villaverde and Isaiah J. Hull a new paper: NBER 31326: We introduce a novel approach to solving dynamic programming problems, such as those in many economic models, on a quantum annealer, a specialized device that performs combinatorial optimization. Quantum annealers attempt to solve an NP-hard problem by starting in a quantum superposition of […] The post Using a Quantum Annealer to Solve a Real Business Cycle Model appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments In reply to Jonathan W Siegel. I agree. Comment is well ... by Bazza In reply to Rahul. Scaling is important for the future, but ... by TartanBill In reply to Bill. Are these Toy models? by Bill As an old guy who is totally unqualified to comment ... by Jonathan W Siegel “the classical Ising model ” An economist who learns ... by mkt42 Plus 10 more... Related Stories What is the optimistic case for Kenya? Game theory and the First World War GDP and temperature shocks  ( 7 min )
    SHRUG 2 for India is out
    🤷🤷‍♀️New data: SHRUG 2 is out!! @devdatalab has been working on this for two years, a HUGE update to India’s coolest data platform:1. Maps of *every* 2011 town and village, with ids2. All data at every geography (villages, districts, ACs, etc)…https://t.co/tIWzPykzJQ 🧵1/N pic.twitter.com/VIibFmNIoa — Paul Novosad (@paulnovosad) June 1, 2023 Here is the home page. The post SHRUG 2 for India is out appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments In reply to Rahul. You sound like my boss by Karl Pooper In reply to Karl Pooper. Who cares about the data so long as ... by Rahul India undercounted COVID deaths by 3 million but we expect this ... by Karl Pooper I am bracing myself for a flood of high impact journal articles ... by Rahul Related Stories GDP and temperature shocks Virtue signaling on Twitter Kenya facts of the day  ( 6 min )
    Agglomeration externalities from restaurants
    We estimate agglomeration externalities in Milan’s restaurant sector using the abolition of a unique regulation that restricted where restaurants could locate. In 2005, Milan abolished a minimum distance requirement that had kept the number of establishments artificially constant across neighborhoods. We find that after 2005, the geographical concentration of restaurants increased sharply and at an […] The post Agglomeration externalities from restaurants appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments In reply to mkt42. Our host has written lots on this, but my ... by CD This seems roughly true from casual observation: better ... by CD In reply to mkt42. Can't remember the actual comments, but ... by M “I am myself repeatedly surprised how much the mere location ... by mkt42 In reply to Kevin. The same for LA, although this may be tied ... by mkt42 Plus 10 more... Related Stories Pristina notes My excellent Conversation with Seth Godin Pristina, Kosovo bleg  ( 6 min )
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    R to @beenwrekt: But maybe we could name this something else to remove the colonialist, racist overtones and false origin stories of the cargo cult. 9/9
    But maybe we could name this something else to remove the colonialist, racist overtones and false origin stories of the cargo cult. 9/9
    R to @beenwrekt: Nonetheless, the concept persists. It’s a useful concept! There are lots of people who chase an end by mimicking acausal means in science. 8/x
    Nonetheless, the concept persists. It’s a useful concept! There are lots of people who chase an end by mimicking acausal means in science. 8/x
    R to @beenwrekt: But though their rituals were concerned with material desire, I have seen no evidence that they thought building fake planes would result in cargo. 7/x
    But though their rituals were concerned with material desire, I have seen no evidence that they thought building fake planes would result in cargo. 7/x
    R to @beenwrekt: There *were* radical Melanesian religious movements, and many had stories of colonizers stealing cargo that was owed to the islanders. https://www.berghahnjournals.com/view/journals/social-analysis/53/1/sa530106.xml 6/x
    There *were* radical Melanesian religious movements, and many had stories of colonizers stealing cargo that was owed to the islanders. berghahnjournals.com/view/jo… 6/x
    R to @beenwrekt: The concept of the cargo cult was enticing, so it was fine to ignore the reality of the cargo cult. 5/x
    The concept of the cargo cult was enticing, so it was fine to ignore the reality of the cargo cult. 5/x
    R to @beenwrekt: But the plane from this image is a prop from “Chariots of the Gods,” a kooky 1970 German “documentary" about how aliens influenced modern man. 4/x https://youtu.be/lD2BC7e5gLo?t=444
    But the plane from this image is a prop from “Chariots of the Gods,” a kooky 1970 German “documentary" about how aliens influenced modern man. 4/x piped.video/lD2BC7e5gLo?t=444
    R to @beenwrekt: Here is an excerpt from Feynman’s “Cargo Cult Science” describing the supposed practice. 3/x
    Here is an excerpt from Feynman’s “Cargo Cult Science” describing the supposed practice. 3/x
    R to @beenwrekt: The story goes that Melanesians during World War II built fake wooden planes to summon cargo from the gods, reversing causation after their encounter with white colonists. 2/x
    The story goes that Melanesians during World War II built fake wooden planes to summon cargo from the gods, reversing causation after their encounter with white colonists. 2/x
    This image has popped up in my feed a few times this week. Did you know that cargo cult science is a cargo cult? 1/x
    This image has popped up in my feed a few times this week. Did you know that cargo cult science is a cargo cult? 1/x
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    A change was gonna come
    Americans have become less committed to organized religion in the past few decades.  But does that mean that we are becoming more secular or that religion is becoming more individualized--ie, religious feelings are less connected to organized religion?  In 1962, the Gallup Poll asked "Would you say that you have ever had a religious or mystical experience--that is, a moment of sudden religious insight or awakening?"  20% said yes, 73% no, and 7% were listed as "no code or no data."  If the last group was "don't know" I'd count it as "no," but since that's not clear I'll treat it as missing.  Gallup asked the question again in 1976, and other organizations asked in 1994, 2006, and 2009.  The results: 1962     22%    78% 1976     31%    69% 1994     34%    66% 2006     48%    52% 2009     5…  ( 9 min )
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    RT by @pixelatedboat: Ugh. I keep telling them… I AM human!!!
    Ugh. I keep telling them… I AM human!!!
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    Pebbles from an Asteroid Are about to Be Delivered to Earth, and It's Totally Awesome
    The OSIRIS-REx mission will return samples from the asteroid Bennu that could rewrite our solar system’s history
    Climate-Friendly Cocktail Recipes Go Light on Ice
    It takes a lot of water and energy to make negronis, manhattans and margaritas. Could we do with less ice?
    Found: Giant Freshwater Deposits Hiding under the Sea
    Researchers are discovering freshwater reservoirs below the coastal seafloor that might someday save dry regions from drought
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    Catch up on all the new #BLSdata and publications that came out this week! https://www.bls.gov/opub/update.htm
    Catch up on all the new #BLSdata and publications that came out this week! bls.gov/opub/update.htm
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    RT by @ScienceMagazine: A @SciImmunology Review contextualizes advances in CAR T cell cancer #immunotherapy, summarizing recent studies that explore the impact of metabolic stress on this treatment’s efficacy in the tumor microenvironment. https://scim.ag/32C
    A @SciImmunology Review contextualizes advances in CAR T cell cancer #immunotherapy, summarizing recent studies that explore the impact of metabolic stress on this treatment’s efficacy in the tumor microenvironment. scim.ag/32C
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    Santayana wrote of "The Last Puritan," the one who has followed his beliefs to the logical conclusion that Puritanism itself must be eradicated as a form of Popery. https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-ironic-radical-on-hayden-whites-the-ethics-of-narrative via @lareviewofbooks
    Santayana wrote of "The Last Puritan," the one who has followed his beliefs to the logical conclusion that Puritanism itself must be eradicated as a form of Popery. lareviewofbooks.org/article/… via @lareviewofbooks
    The first 50 pages of THAT HIDEOUS STRENGTH are terrific, far and away the best thing Lewis ever wrote. The rest of the book is something of a mixed bag. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/16/opinion/cs-lewis-ufo.html
    The first 50 pages of THAT HIDEOUS STRENGTH are terrific, far and away the best thing Lewis ever wrote. The rest of the book is something of a mixed bag. nytimes.com/2023/06/16/opini…
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    "Just because an event is big news does not mean that it will have a big impact." @CharlieCookDC on how the Trump indictment could affect his chances at the nomination: https://www.cookpolitical.com/analysis/national/national-politics/will-trumps-indictment-hurt-his-nomination-path-dont-count-it
    "Just because an event is big news does not mean that it will have a big impact." @CharlieCookDC on how the Trump indictment could affect his chances at the nomination: cookpolitical.com/analysis/n…
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    It’s Harvard time, baby: That thing where well-connected policy advocates can’t handle criticism and call it “Stasi” or “censorship”
    Alec Karakatsanis writes: This is a long and upsetting post about the ethical conduct of two Harvard professors—Christopher Lewis and Adaner Usmani—who are seeding a media campaign to support their proposal of adding 500,000 more armed police officers. . . … Continue reading →  ( 18 min )
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    Weekend reads: A weird scandal gets weirder; rapid onset gender dysphoria paper retracted; the effects of retractions on careers and collaborations
    Would you consider a donation to support Weekend Reads, and our daily work? The week at Retraction Watch featured: Our list of retracted or withdrawn COVID-19 papers is up to more than 300. There are now 40,000 retractions in our database — which powers retraction alerts in EndNote, LibKey, Papers, and Zotero. The Retraction Watch Hijacked Journal Checker now contains 200 titles. And have you … Continue reading Weekend reads: A weird scandal gets weirder; rapid onset gender dysphoria paper retracted; the effects of retractions on careers and collaborations  ( 8 min )

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    The last true patriot this country has seen.
    The last true patriot this country has seen. nitter.net/RobertEllsberg/status/1669776046751899648#m
    Dr Lamm reads Genesis and the Song of Songs and asks what it means for people to depend on each other.
    Dr Lamm reads Genesis and the Song of Songs and asks what it means for people to depend on each other. nitter.net/AriLamm/status/1669690160760356869#m
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    RT by @pixelatedboat: Quote goes incredibly hard
    Quote goes incredibly hard
    RT by @pixelatedboat: There SHOULD be another app store Apple allows to exist. It's bullshit you can't just put whatever programs you want on your own device. Computers used to have this basic understanding that you could do that.
    There SHOULD be another app store Apple allows to exist. It's bullshit you can't just put whatever programs you want on your own device. Computers used to have this basic understanding that you could do that. nitter.net/minimaxir/status/1669525672258338816#m
    RT by @pixelatedboat: Lurelin Village is the only place in Hyrule that shows me the proper gratitude. For the people of Hyrule I have the blood of thousands upon thousands of living creatures on my hands. I burn my life to make a sunrise I'll never see
    Lurelin Village is the only place in Hyrule that shows me the proper gratitude. For the people of Hyrule I have the blood of thousands upon thousands of living creatures on my hands. I burn my life to make a sunrise I'll never see
    RT by @pixelatedboat: Max has removed Space Ghost Coast-to-Coast — the show that spawned Adult Swim, which is one of WBD's most successful and recognizable brands. One of the most influential television shows of all time, gone.
    Max has removed Space Ghost Coast-to-Coast — the show that spawned Adult Swim, which is one of WBD's most successful and recognizable brands. One of the most influential television shows of all time, gone.
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    shame!
    Visit the post for more.  ( 6 min )
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    linkylove 06-16-23
    Paulo Pinto Fretboard Fly Byline delightful creative tools 📌 Wonky  ( 1 min )
    ‘open-source tests of web browser privacy’
    PrivacyTests.org [Paulo Pinto] Arthur Edelstein (the project’s author): Several months after first publishing the website, I became an employee of Brave, where I contribute to Brave's browser privacy engineering efforts.  ( 1 min )
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    How To Take Your Memoir To The Next Level
    Share your emotional truth. Continue reading on The Writing Cooperative »  ( 11 min )
    How Common Writing Advice Is Making You Miserable
    Five myths that need to be debunked Continue reading on The Writing Cooperative »  ( 12 min )
    Polish Your Prose: 5 Essential Questions for Effective Editing
    Small errors are sometimes necessary, but never do it on purpose! Continue reading on The Writing Cooperative »  ( 11 min )
    5 Reasons Why I Couldn’t Manage Writing Alongside My Full-Time Job
    It was harder than I expected. Continue reading on The Writing Cooperative »  ( 16 min )
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    Doberge Cake
    In a city known for cake, there is little that makes local mouths water more than the towering, historic doberge cake. “It has to be at least six layers,” insists Charlotte McGehee, co-owner of Bakery Bar and Debbie on the Levee, two bakeries in New Orleans, Louisiana, that specialize in the locally famous doberge (DOH-bash) cake. “In my opinion, fewer than six is just a regular ol’ layer cake,” she says. “You miss out on that feeling of your fork working through each alternating texture, and the nervousness you get because you don’t want that beautiful tower of cake to topple before you make it to the bottom.” The dessert’s decadent journey begins with a thin layer of yellow butter cake as the base, topped with an equally thin layer of custard—traditionally chocolate, lemon, or caram…  ( 16 min )
    Hổ Quyền (Tiger Arena) in Huế, Vietnam
    From 1802 to 1945 during the reign of the Nguyễn dynasty, Huế was Vietnam's royal capital. One of the most popular destinations in Vietnam today, it is home to the Imperial City, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1993, as well as the Thiên Mụ temple complex and numerous mausoleums of Nguyễn emperors. Almost across the Perfume River from the Thiên Mụ temple, however, there is also an unusual historic site overlooked by most visitors. Walk along the narrow residential alleys of the Trường Đá village and it will soon reveal itself all of a sudden, at the end of the street: the Tiger Arena, a huge enclosure surrounded by 16-foot-tall walls. While it may look like an ancient Roman arena, the site once held mortal combats even more intriguing and perhaps cruel than gladiatorial games. Hổ Qu…  ( 13 min )
    Dreiländereck in Basel, Switzerland
    A certain point in the Rhine marks the point where three countries meet. While it is hard to get there without a boat, the nearby marker makes up for it.  The tri-border point, or Dreiländereck as it is called in German, marks the point where Germany, France, and Switzerland intersect. The marker itself is built to resemble a futuristic rocket, with one of the three country flags on each of the wings. It is located on a piece of Swiss land approximately 150 meters (495 feet) southeast of the actual point where the three borders intersect. What makes this tri-border point rare compared to most is that there are no passports or visas needed to cross it, or any other border in that location, given that all three countries have a free travel agreement.  ( 12 min )
    Nutcracker House in Seattle, Washington
    Every Christmas season, the owner of this house, a harpist for the Pacific Northwest Ballet Orchestra in Seattle, hauls these figures over from a storage facility and carefully installs them in the yard. After a few days, they are ready to entertain local neighbors, offering them the most enchanting, cheerful, and, of course, wild, holiday experience ever created in a garden lawn. These figures were originally designed by none other than Maurice Sendak, the author who is known for his whimsical children's books, such as Where the Wild Things Are. They were used as lobby displays for the Pacific Northwest Ballet's production of The Nutcracker, which was performed from 1983 to 2014, and of which the sets and costumes were designed by Sendak himself. Since 2015, PNB has done George Balanchine's version, with art by another children's author, Ian Falconer. Besides the iconic Sendak sculptures, this display is sure to please you during the holidays. From the enormous 15-foot Nutcracker to the lovely ornaments on the tree, this is a unique holiday experience unlike any other in the Seattle suburbs. If you look closely at the house's roof, you can even see a cutout of the Wild Thing from Sendak's iconic book. And, of course, the house even features the original stage props that were used onstage prior to their retirement. Even though this Nutcracker production no longer performs, its spirit lives on in this magical holiday wild rumpus, preserving a large part of Seattle's own holiday history.  ( 12 min )
    Mauerwald Bunker Complex in Mamerki, Poland
    When Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union in 1941, Hitler had elaborate military bunker complexes built throughout Masuria (then part of Germany, now part of Poland) in order to keep a closer eye on the war effort. While Hitler and his inner circle based themselves at the infamous Wolf's Lair, the Nazis' Supreme Military Command was located at a separate site called "Mauerwald" (now Mamerki) just 20 kilometers to the northeast. The full Mauerwald military complex consisted of nearly 250 separate buildings and bunkers constructed in the forest just west of Mauer Lake (now Mamry Lake), the majority of which remain abandoned and freely accessible in the woods. The heart of the compound, however, is now confined within the Mamerki Bunker Museum, which seeks to preserve the core bunker structures. The museum is complete with underground tunnels and exhibitions on the Nazi war effort, including full-size recreations of daily life in the bunkers and other scenes. Adding to the location's lore, Mauerwald is also one of several locations theorized to be a possible hiding place of the Amber Room. Erich Koch, purportedly the last person to have known the room's fate, was brought to the site in the 1970s as part of the search, and ground-penetrating radar has also been used since 2016 to search for hidden chambers. Although the search has proved fruitless so far, the sheer size of the complex suggests that it may still have additional secrets to reveal.  ( 13 min )
    Ban Yipun (Ayutthaya Japanese Village) in Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya, Thailand
    During the Warring States period of Japan (1467-1590), many samurai lost their lords and became rōnin—masterless warriors. Meanwhile, in Thailand, the kingdom of Ayutthaya was in desperate need of military reinforcements as the Toungoo dynasty of Burma continued its invasion. Sharing common interests, the king welcomed hundreds of masterless samurai to his army as mercenaries. At the same time, unrelated to the Burmese-Siamese Wars, many Japanese merchants came to Ayutthaya to export high-quality swords while importing Thai silver, ceramics, and leatherware. It was not long before a Japanese village was formed on the southeast side of the Chao Phraya river, opposite the Portuguese settlement. It is generally believed that the Japanese population in Ayutthaya was around 1,500, while som…  ( 14 min )
    Ophir in Millett, Nevada
    Silver was discovered in Ophir Canyon in the 1860s, but early mining efforts were defeated by the very hard rock which was unexpectedly expensive to drill and mill. After the discovery of a new orebody in the Murphy Mine, the only significant producer, a revival followed beginning in 1872 and lasting into the 1880s. However, activity had largely ceased by 1890 and the post office closed in 1893. Ruins of the mill and a brick-and-stone building that was probably the store still can be seen, as well as several roofless stone cabins. The portal of the Murphy Mine itself remains open, although entering it is hazardous. Unfortunately, several years ago the Forest Service razed some of the remaining stone buildings as public hazards. After the turn of the last century, there was only small-scale and intermittent activity on precious metal extraction. In the mid-20th century, however, tungsten deposits were discovered and worked near the canyon mouth. This lasted until the mid-1960s when the tungsten market collapsed due to the removal of the strategic-metal subsidies. Little is left of the tungsten operations. A mill for tungsten to the south of the canyon mouth survived till the early 2010s but has since been torn down. A cemetery from the early days is preserved on the north side of the canyon mouth.  ( 14 min )
    Grotto dello Smeraldo in Conca dei Marini, Italy
    This cave, filled partially with water, has grand arching ceilings reminiscent of a cathedral. An opening under the water allows sunlight to come up from below, illuminating the water and revealing the beautiful turquoise color you see throughout the Amalfi Coast. The effect is haunting and lovely. Buy a ticket to Grotto dello Smeraldo in Amalfi, then take a boat from the Amalfi Harbor and disembark at the grotto shore; a guide in a large rowboat will give you a tour of the cave, pointing out interesting rock formations and, at the end, a small nativity scene that has been placed beneath the water by divers. The nativity is lit artificially from above, and looks quite creepy through the green water.  ( 12 min )
    Museo de Esculturas in Alcorcón, Spain
    As you walk along Avenida de los Castillos in Alcorcón (south of Madrid) you will discover a set of 16 concrete sculptures created by Spanish sculptor Carlos Armiño which are the main decorative element of Parque de los Castillos. The collection is called El refugio de la vida (the shelter of life). Armiño has his work on display in other parts of Alcorcón but it is here in the park that his best pieces can be admired together with the nearby Castillos de Valderas. Armiño spent months working on these pieces which were eventually acquired by the Alcorcón city council and carefully placed in the Parque de los Castillos in 2005. Carlos Armiño began his artistic career as a painter before shifting his focus to sculpture, a task to which he has devoted himself for years. He masters different shapes depending on the materials he works with. Considering that these 16 pieces would have to endure the harshness of both summers and winters in this part of Madrid, he decided to use concrete for the pieces on display at this park in Alcorcón but he has also worked with iron and wood, the latter being his great passion.  ( 13 min )
    The Most Popular Person in European Street Names Is a Woman
    Show me your street names, and I’ll tell you how gender-imbalanced your society is—or, more likely, was. In Europe, that imbalance is 10 to one: For every 10 streets named after men, there’s only one named after a woman. The most popular person in European street names is a woman, though: the Virgin Mary, in a wide variety of appellations. 146,000 Streets in 17 Countries So says Mapping Diversity, a project that analyzes representation in street names across Europe. Its researchers analyzed close to 146,000 streets in 30 major cities across 17 European countries. More than one-third (nearly 53,000) were named after people, with just under 48,000 named after men, and just under 4,800 after women—less than 10 percent of all streets named after people. (About 0.5 percent were named after …  ( 18 min )
    Televizorke in Belgrade, Serbia
    All of the buildings in Novi Beograd's Blok 28 were designed by architect Ilija Arnautović and constructed from 1970 to 1974. Among them are the two parallel apartment buildings known locally as the "TV set building" or "TV building," giving a loose translation. In you next venture to Belgrade's western neighborhood, you will not miss this gem when you are met with what looks like a gigantic beige wall with a sea of little TVs plastered to it. Hilariously, on the creation of the building, Yugoslav president Tito expressed the following to Arnautovic: "I'm glad that you have decided not to build residential buildings higher than ten floors. This is good, because it is not easy for those who have to walk when the elevator breaks down. I am now also looking at those solitaires that have been built. There are very beautiful ones - most of them. There are also a few that, let me tell you, I don't like at all. For example, the ones with windows that look like a television."  Today, the building is an object of debate amongst Belgraders. Some like it, some don't - the latter due to the fact that it looks especially cramped and uncomfortable to live in. Either way, Arnautovic's Blok 28 is home to a lot of unique buildings, with this one considered one of Novi Beograd's major symbols.  ( 13 min )
    5 Overlooked LGBTQ Stories to Celebrate Pride Month
    To mark Pride Month 2023, we hunted through the Atlas Obscura archives for stories that have long been overlooked in mainstream American history: tales of people across the centuries—from as long ago as Colonial Williamsburg—who would now be thought of as part of the LGBTQIA+ community. "Desire is nothing new,” says Michael Bronski, a historian at Harvard University and author of A Queer History of the United States. “There’s no reason to think that everything that happens now in terms of desire and sexual activity didn’t happen back then.” The challenge for historians is finding these long-lost stories—from times when society demanded they be hidden. Excavating a Queer History of Colonial Williamsburg by Sabrina Imbler “I just want to tell the whole story of Colonial Williamsburg,” …  ( 17 min )
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    DOJ finds Minneapolis Police violated Constitution, federal laws in pattern of discriminatory policing
    DOJ officials said the city has agreed to negotiate toward a consent decree, and recommend 28 “remedial measures" that may serve as a framework for the ensuing agreement.  ( 14 min )
    Responsible mining: Minnesota’s next big contribution
    Talon Metals has raised the bar for how we all meet the challenge to ensure responsible mining in the 21st Century.  ( 12 min )
    Downtown Minneapolis’ office building market value declines as offices sit empty
    Plus: Abortion remains legal in Iowa; wildfire continues to burn in Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness; suspects arrested in Mall of America kidnapping; and more.  ( 6 min )
    Court-enforceable police reform is coming to Minneapolis. How did we get here?
    A refresher on the city's long journey to a settlement with the Minnesota Department of Human Rights and the federal investigation into its policing practices, likely to result in a consent decree.  ( 31 min )
    Does Minnesota allow residents to register as ‘X’ or nonbinary on state IDs?
    Yes. Minnesota identification cards present the options "M" for male, "F" for female and "X" for nonbinary.  ( 6 min )
    Off to a 7-0 start, the Minnesota Aurora have more wins than they have fulltime staff
    Aurora’s founders envision the team moving up from the USL W League to the professional USL Super League and ultimately the National Women’s Soccer League.  ( 20 min )
    Seven transportation policy changes of the 2023 Minnesota legislative session you might have missed
    The big-ticket items justifiably got a lot of attention, but with all the action happening before the late-May session deadline, it was easy to overlook some smaller changes tucked into the 268-page transportation omnibus bill.  ( 20 min )
    The DFL’s legislative majority is concentrated in the Twin Cities metro. In a consequential session, what did that mean for Greater Minnesota?
    Greater Minnesota lawmakers had substantially less influence at the Legislature than perhaps ever before — during a year when the state had a record $17.5 billion surplus. It’s a result of political realignment along geographic lines that accelerated in the Trump era.  ( 27 min )
    D.C. Memo: Supreme Court rejects challenge based in part on a Minnesota case to Indian adoption law
    Plus: Emmer seeks to oust SEC chair, fire forces Finstad from home  ( 16 min )
    At P.E.A.S.E Academy, the dream of graduating from high school is within reach for teens in recovery
    Four students participated in a graduation ceremony earlier this month, celebrating both their educational achievements and their sobriety.  ( 13 min )
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    New today: @amyewalter dives into a report that finds Democrats held steady with Latino voters in 2022, but those who sat out in the midterms provide an opportunity for Republicans in 2024. https://www.cookpolitical.com/analysis/national/national-politics/latino-voters-who-sat-out-midterms-provide-opportunity-gop-2024
    New today: @amyewalter dives into a report that finds Democrats held steady with Latino voters in 2022, but those who sat out in the midterms provide an opportunity for Republicans in 2024. cookpolitical.com/analysis/n…
    🎧 NEW: The latest episode of The Odd Years is available wherever you get your podcasts. @amyewalter talks to @karaswisher about AI's impact on the 2024 election and the future of regulation. They also have lots of Terminator references. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-7-will-ai-upend-the-2024-election-with-kara-swisher/id1672406213?i=1000617238900
    🎧 NEW: The latest episode of The Odd Years is available wherever you get your podcasts. @amyewalter talks to @karaswisher about AI's impact on the 2024 election and the future of regulation. They also have lots of Terminator references. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…
    Senate Republicans will have to turn to plan B after Wisconsin Rep. Mike Gallagher — their dream recruit — opted to run for reelection to the House. @JessicaTaylor has the latest: https://www.cookpolitical.com/analysis/senate/wisconsin-senate/gallagher-passes-wisconsin-senate-bid-blow-gop
    Senate Republicans will have to turn to plan B after Wisconsin Rep. Mike Gallagher — their dream recruit — opted to run for reelection to the House. @JessicaTaylor has the latest: cookpolitical.com/analysis/s…
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    Envisioning the future of computing
    MIT students share ideas, aspirations, and vision for how advances in computing stand to transform society in a competition hosted by the Social and Ethical Responsibilities of Computing.  ( 9 min )
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    Envisioning the future of computing
    MIT students share ideas, aspirations, and vision for how advances in computing stand to transform society in a competition hosted by the Social and Ethical Responsibilities of Computing.  ( 9 min )
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    Rivers and lakes: quackery
    Get ready to go a-wanderin'.  I'll take you down to the rivers and lakes, and we shall lose ourselves in them, get lost from the hurlyburly hustlebustle of the mundane world.  That's what jiānghú 江湖 ("rivers and lakes") is all about.  It's where you go to xiāoyáo yóu 逍遙遊 ("wander freely / carefreely / leisurely"). […]  ( 8 min )
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    A note on the mean value of the Hooley delta function
    Dimitris Koukoulopolous and I have just uploaded to the arXiv our paper “A note on the mean value of the Hooley delta function“. This paper concerns a (still somewhat poorly understood) basic arithmetic function in multiplicative number theory, namely the Hooley delta function where The function measures the extent to which the divisors of a […]  ( 15 min )
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    A note on the mean value of the Hooley delta function
    Dimitris Koukoulopolous and I have just uploaded to the arXiv our paper “A note on the mean value of the Hooley delta function“. This paper concerns a (still somewhat poorly understood) basic arithmetic function in multiplicative number theory, namely the Hooley delta function where The function measures the extent to which the divisors of a […]  ( 15 min )
    Diberyllocene
    Beryllium is the fourth element in the periodic table, giving it many special properties. But it’s surprisingly rare, because stars almost always make beryllium-8, an extremely unstable form. And it hasn’t been studied as much as other light elements—because beryllium dust is so poisonous! It can cause fatal scarring of the lungs. Now a chemist […]  ( 7 min )
    Solutions and Solutions
    The best misunderstandings are detective stories. You can notice when someone is confused, but digging up why can take some work. If you manage, though, you learn much more than just how to correct the misunderstanding. You learn something about the words you use, and the assumptions you make when using them. Recently, someone was […]  ( 12 min )
    The Topic(s) of the Upcoming Book
    Every book on science focuses attention on a little sliver of a vast, complex universe. In Waves in an Impossible Sea, I had intended to write mainly about the Higgs field, and the associated Higgs particle that was discovered in 2012 to great fanfare. I was planning to explain how the Higgs field does its ... Read more  ( 16 min )
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    RT by @SingularMattrix: 3 reasons why I'm excited about Levanter: 1) Legiblity: named tensors => avoid bugs, write clean code, add parallelism with 10 lines code 2) Scalability: competitive with SOTA (54% MFU) 3) Reproducibility: get exact same results (TPUs), no more non-deterministic debugging
    3 reasons why I'm excited about Levanter: nitter.net/dlwh/status/1669736386113724419#m
    RT by @SingularMattrix: Today, I’m excited to announce the release of Levanter 1.0, our new JAX-based framework for training foundation models, which we’ve been working on @StanfordCRFM. Levanter is designed to be legible, scalable and reproducible. https://crfm.stanford.edu/2023/06/16/levanter-1_0-release.html
    Today, I’m excited to announce the release of Levanter 1.0, our new JAX-based framework for training foundation models, which we’ve been working on @StanfordCRFM. Levanter is designed to be legible, scalable and reproducible. crfm.stanford.edu/2023/06/16…
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    Why some dataviz fail
    Kaiser reads a blog post about how dataviz can go badly.  ( 11 min )
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    Does Germany need more polarization? (from the comments)
    My perception is that in Germany most major political decisions are not on the ballot: migration, nuclear energy, international, alliances, emission reduction policies to name but a few examples. Whereas people in the Americas worry about polarization, I would argue that Germany’s problem is the opposite. Compared to the historical average German politics is too […] The post Does Germany need more polarization? (from the comments) appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments In reply to Mark Bahner. Ross Perot's appearance on Larry ... by JC In reply to Bazza. USA national politics vs NZ national ... by Downunder In reply to Mark Bahner. See Why Everything You Know About ... by Calvin Hobbes In reply to Calvin Hobbes. So maybe it’s just posts linking ... by Calvin Hobbes I’ve been banned here at MR before, and it seems I was banned ... by Calvin Hobbes Plus 10 more...  ( 7 min )
    Friday assorted links
    1. Is the south America’s hidden urban laboratory? 2. Beauty and on-line teaching in Sweden. 3. Peter Coy on the case against free parking (NYT). 4. Harvard body parts markets in everything. 5. Did Woke cause cultural decadence?  (Not exactly my view, are areas such as instrumental or “minimal vocal” music seeing a different trend?) The post Friday assorted links appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments In reply to JC. I would expect that most people who say this ... by FG You crazy devil, you. Perhaps a reword could help the down ... by Bazza In reply to Harvey Bungus. We watched “Glass Onion” as a ... by Bazza In reply to Dan S.. Just goes to show the links aren't AI ... by Bazza What's funny about Hanania's list is that two of these ... by Harvey Bungus Plus 10 more...  ( 6 min )
    The Road to Socialism and Back: An Economic History of Poland, 1939–2019
    For four decades during the latter half of the 20th century, Poland and its people were the subjects of a grand socio-economic experiment. Under the watchful eye of its Soviet masters, the Polish United Workers’ Party transformed the mixed economy of this nation of 35 million into a centrally planned, socialist state (albeit one with […] The post The Road to Socialism and Back: An Economic History of Poland, 1939–2019 appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments In reply to Lanier. “ From each according to his ability , ... by jmkd In reply to Formerly K. @Anti-Gnostic Certainly the numbers ... by Formerly K In reply to Formerly K. Ukraine has 37.5M Ukrainians (78%), ... by Anti-Gnostic In reply to Formerly K. “In fairness, they were incompetent ... by Phil S. In reply to Lanier. The methods are driven by the goal, which ... by Zarathustra Plus 10 more... Related Stories Game theory and the First World War *The Economic Government of the World, 1933-2023* My Conversation with Noam Chomsky  ( 7 min )
    My Conversation with Noam Chomsky
    Here is the audio, video, and transcript.  Here is the episode summary: Noam Chomsky joins Tyler to discuss why Noam and Wilhelm von Humboldt have similar views on language and liberty, good and bad evolutionary approaches to language, what he thinks Stephen Wolfram gets wrong about LLMs, whether he’s optimistic about the future, what he […] The post My Conversation with Noam Chomsky appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments In reply to James N. Markels. I had the same feeling. It’s ... by Etalon d’Silomar In reply to ged. Out in the elements, taking a walk in a park by ged What's wrong with Golf? by ged In reply to Anonymous. What original ideas has AI created? ... by Hoosier In reply to zztop. Great chat actually by zztop Plus 10 more... Related Stories What should I ask Ada Palmer? My excellent Conversation with Seth Godin Game theory and the First World War  ( 8 min )
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    RT by @tetraduzione: Thank you for your kind words, Profs. Pearl and Mohan! I am forever grateful to my advisor @yudapearl for guiding me through this fruitful PhD journey. And thank you to my committee, @oacarah, @YizhouSun, @Carthica, and Prof. Adnan Darwiche. It’s my honor having all of you 🥰
    Thank you for your kind words, Profs. Pearl and Mohan! I am forever grateful to my advisor @yudapearl for guiding me through this fruitful PhD journey. And thank you to my committee, @oacarah, @YizhouSun, @Carthica, and Prof. Adnan Darwiche. It’s my honor having all of you 🥰 nitter.net/yudapearl/status/1669757362629144576#m
    RT by @tetraduzione: Congratulations to Dr. Chi Zhang (@zcccucla) on defending her PhD thesis! Her work on interference pushes research boundaries and highlights the perils of blindly assuming IID. Well done, Dr. Zhang! It's been a delightful journey collaborating with you. 🥳🎉🍾 @yudapearl @oacarah
    Congratulations to Dr. Chi Zhang (@zcccucla) on defending her PhD thesis! Her work on interference pushes research boundaries and highlights the perils of blindly assuming IID. Well done, Dr. Zhang! It's been a delightful journey collaborating with you. 🥳🎉🍾 @yudapearl @oacarah
    RT by @tetraduzione: Want to know how to speed up neural #ASP with neural-probabilistic predicates? Check out our new preprint on how to prune the stochastically insignificant parts of the (ground) program, speeding up reasoning without sacrificing predictive performance. 👉 https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.08397
    Want to know how to speed up neural #ASP with neural-probabilistic predicates? Check out our new preprint on how to prune the stochastically insignificant parts of the (ground) program, speeding up reasoning without sacrificing predictive performance. arxiv.org/abs/2306.08397
    RT by @tetraduzione: What would be good, freely available books for a Master course on "Bayesian Methods"? Should have a modern ML touch, but perhaps not be entirely about Bayesian DL/probabilistic programming.
    What would be good, freely available books for a Master course on "Bayesian Methods"? Should have a modern ML touch, but perhaps not be entirely about Bayesian DL/probabilistic programming.  ( 1 min )
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    R to @dril: They are called the "Nut sack gang" and their attacks are vicious and NSFW .
    They are called the "Nut sack gang" and their attacks are vicious and NSFW .
    Be warned. A band of rogue posters called the "Nut sack gang" are mad at me for not folloiwnig them back in 2014 and posting rude remarks
    Be warned. A band of rogue posters called the "Nut sack gang" are mad at me for not folloiwnig them back in 2014 and posting rude remarks
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    Diberyllocene
    Beryllium is the fourth element in the periodic table, giving it many special properties. But it’s surprisingly rare, because stars almost always make beryllium-8, an extremely unstable form. And it hasn’t been studied as much as other light elements—because beryllium dust is so poisonous! It can cause fatal scarring of the lungs. Now a chemist […]  ( 7 min )
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    Brain Waves Synchronize when People Interact
    The minds of social species are strikingly resonant
    Scientists Create Human Embryo-Like Structures with Stem Cells
    To better understand early pregnancy loss without using actual human embryos, scientists employed stem cells to create models that mimic this stage of development
    Scientists Solve Star Spin Mystery
    Magnetic fields help to explain why some stars are spinning more slowly than astronomers thought they should
    Young People in Historic Climate Trial Rest Their Case
    Young people suing Montana to take action on climate change are ready to wrap up their arguments in a first-of-its-kind trial. The state takes the stand next week
    Do Insects Feel Joy and Pain?
    Insects have surprisingly rich inner lives—a revelation that has wide-ranging ethical implications
    Wildfires Will Only Get Worse. We Need Satellite Tracking of Air Pollution
    Satellite monitoring of air quality could help reduce premature death from smoke exposure
    Extreme Heat Is Deadlier Than Hurricanes, Floods and Tornadoes Combined
    When dangerous heat waves hit cities, better risk communication could save lives
    Which Creature Was the First to Take a Nap?
    Animals have been catching z’s for at least half a billion years. Here’s the first evidence of an animal sleeping
    Why Does Smoke Turn the Sky Orange?
    The wildfire smoke that smothered the U.S. Northeast last week has surprising connections to astrophysics—and to the historic search for our place in the cosmos
    Have Astronomers Seen the Universe's First Stars?
    The James Webb Space Telescope is giving us our first glimpse of stars in the early universe.
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    Don’t Insider Trade Drunk on the Squash Court
    Also AI vs. AI, Bitcoin ETF, crypto KYC and braiiiiiins.  ( 2 min )
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    Salt Fish Fritters (Stamp and Go)
    A winning combination of salt cod, thyme, Scotch bonnet pepper, and scallion makes these crisp, savory fritters irresistible.  ( 15 min )
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    Hidden Open Thread 280.5
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    Your Book Review: Njal’s Saga
    Finalist #5 in the Book Review Contest
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    My April Fool’s Story
    I am sure I was fooled many times on April Fool’s Days. But I do not remember any stories, except one. It was quite painful and had a lot of potential for humiliation. I was in high school, and our school didn’t have enough rooms for all the classes. So that particular semester, our classes […]  ( 5 min )
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    Foreign-born workers were a record high 18.1 percent of the U.S. civilian labor force in 2022 https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2023/foreign-born-workers-were-a-record-high-18-1-percent-of-the-u-s-civilian-labor-force-in-2022.htm #BLSdata
    Foreign-born workers were a record high 18.1 percent of the U.S. civilian labor force in 2022 bls.gov/opub/ted/2023/foreig… #BLSdata
    See our interactive graphics on today's new #BLSdata on employer costs for employee #compensation https://www.bls.gov/charts/employer-costs-for-employee-compensation/ #DataViz
    See our interactive graphics on today's new #BLSdata on employer costs for employee #compensation bls.gov/charts/employer-cost… #DataViz
    See our interactive graphics on today’s new #BLSdata on state #employment and #unemployment https://www.bls.gov/charts/state-employment-and-unemployment/ #DataViz
    See our interactive graphics on today’s new #BLSdata on state #employment and #unemployment bls.gov/charts/state-employm… #DataViz
    Civilian workers' compensation costs average $43.07 per hour worked in March 2023 https://www.bls.gov/news.release/ecec.nr0.htm #BLSdata
    Civilian workers' compensation costs average $43.07 per hour worked in March 2023 bls.gov/news.release/ecec.nr… #BLSdata
    May jobless rates down in 11 states; payroll jobs up in 5 states https://www.bls.gov/news.release/laus.nr0.htm #BLSdata
    May jobless rates down in 11 states; payroll jobs up in 5 states bls.gov/news.release/laus.nr… #BLSdata
    The Many Ways We Measure Pay https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTcP8AycVco #BLSdata
    The Many Ways We Measure Pay piped.video/watch?v=oTcP8Ayc… #BLSdata
    A Look at a Neat Industry: Distilleries https://www.bls.gov/spotlight/2023/a-look-at-a-neat-industry-distilleries/home.htm #BLSdata
    A Look at a Neat Industry: Distilleries bls.gov/spotlight/2023/a-loo… #BLSdata
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    Simpler drawing of Pacific choropleth maps by @ellis2013nz
    Simple use of the draw_pac_map() function Last year I blogged about making a choropleth map of the Pacific, dealing with a few technical details like getting the map centred on the Pacific, using exclusive economic zones (EEZs) to colour things in for... Continue reading: Simpler drawing of Pacific choropleth maps by @ellis2013nz  ( 14 min )
    ‘Bring a Shiny App to Production’ the hands-on workshop
    Learn how to control your R Shiny development with a collaborative and agile deployment to production. Continuous Integration (CI) and Continuous Deployment (CD) stand at the basis of a robust, maintainable and collaborative productive code. In this... Continue reading: ‘Bring a Shiny App to Production’ the hands-on workshop  ( 9 min )
    Step By Step: recreating a volcano plot in R
    We have an analysis routine for proteomics data written for IgorPro. One output is a volcano plot. These plots show the fold change in one sample compared to another and plot that against a p-value to estimate how reproducible any changes observed are. This post is not about that software, ... Continue reading: Step By Step: recreating a volcano plot in R  ( 20 min )
    Mastering the Power of R’s diff() Function: A Programmer’s Guide
    Introduction Continue reading: Mastering the Power of R’s diff() Function: A Programmer’s Guide  ( 12 min )
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    The Court has 20 cases left to decide. A full list of those cases, along with brief summaries, is available here: https://amylhowe.com/2023/06/15/the-20-remaining-cases/
    The Court has 20 cases left to decide. A full list of those cases, along with brief summaries, is available here: amylhowe.com/2023/06/15/the-… nitter.net/AHoweBlogger/status/1669702304642072578#m
    Good morning from a hazy Washington, D.C., where #SCOTUS will release opinions again at 10 am. I'll be live-blogging over @SCOTUSblog starting in just a few minutes.
    Good morning from a hazy Washington, D.C., where #SCOTUS will release opinions again at 10 am. I'll be live-blogging over @SCOTUSblog starting in just a few minutes.
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    “Bayes is guaranteed to overfit”: What does this mean? There’s a factor of 2 here.
    Yuling writes, “Bayes is guaranteed to overfit, for any model, any prior, and every data point.” This statement is not literally true: it does not hold for degenerate examples of models with no unknown parameters (for which p(theta|y) is the … Continue reading →  ( 15 min )
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    RT by @ZoubinGhahrama1: [En direct de #VivaTech] 💡 RDV Scène 1 avec @ZoubinGhahrama1 , VP Google @DeepMind et @DavidBarroux, Rédacteur en chef @LesEchos pour en savoir plus sur le potentiel de l'#IA ! 🔵 Quelles perspectives ? 🔵 Quels défis ? 🔵 Quelles applications ? 👉 https://app.vivatechnology.com/room/898bd589-89c2-ed11-9f73-6045bd8890e4
    [En direct de #VivaTech] @ZoubinGhahrama1 , VP Google @DeepMind et @DavidBarroux, Rédacteur en chef @LesEchos pour en savoir plus sur le potentiel de l'#IA ! app.vivatechnology.com/room/…
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    Comment on November 2017 version by ravivakil
    In reply to Alex Wertheim. Dear David and Alex, I agree, finite seems to naturally come first, and I've edited it. Alex, I don't see your argument as cheating --- everything is justified (and comes from earlier in the notes), unless I'm missing something!  ( 54 min )
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    To Study Pandemics: Many Critters, a Bit of AI, and Some Openness
    Mice are relatively easy to study: They’re small, fast breeding, and inexpensive. And research facilities are often outfitted with mouse-sized equipment. But mice can’t be infected with many of the viruses that afflict humans, so researchers must look to other animals — and to AI — for insight.  ( 18 min )
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    The Clue of the Twisted Candle, by Edgar Wallace
    A successful writer is asked to help solve a locked-room murder mystery that has the authorities baffled.  ( 2 min )
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    Heat Pump
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    Unemployment rates lower in 252 metro areas over the year ended April 2023 https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2023/unemployment-rates-lower-in-252-metro-areas-over-the-year-ended-april-2023.htm #BLSdata
    Unemployment rates lower in 252 metro areas over the year ended April 2023 bls.gov/opub/ted/2023/unempl… #BLSdata
    Unemployment rates lower in 252 metro areas over the year ended April 2023 https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2023/unemployment-rates-lower-in-252-metro-areas-over-the-year-ended-april-2023.htm #BLSdata
    Unemployment rates lower in 252 metro areas over the year ended April 2023 bls.gov/opub/ted/2023/unempl… #BLSdata
    See our interactive graphics on today’s new #Import and #Export prices data https://www.bls.gov/charts/import-export/ #BLSdata #DataViz
    See our interactive graphics on today’s new #Import and #Export prices data bls.gov/charts/import-export… #BLSdata #DataViz
    U.S. import prices decrease 0.6% in May on lower fuel prices; export prices fall 1.9% https://www.bls.gov/news.release/ximpim.nr0.htm #Export #Import #BLSdata
    U.S. import prices decrease 0.6% in May on lower fuel prices; export prices fall 1.9% bls.gov/news.release/ximpim.… #Export #Import #BLSdata
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    On the way BOSTON!! @The_Wilbur
    On the way BOSTON!! @The_Wilbur
    At the @The_Wilbur tonight!! Come check me and @LennyMarcusNYC and @CookieHull
    At the @The_Wilbur tonight!! Come check me and @LennyMarcusNYC and @CookieHull
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    Noctureine 2023
    Visit the post for more.  ( 5 min )
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    Noctureine 2023
    Visit the post for more.  ( 5 min )
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    At the White House, Toasts Call For Russian River Valley Wine
    On November 19, 1985, the Geneva Summit brought President Ronald Reagan and the Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev together for the first time. The leaders had gathered in Geneva to ease tensions, draft a roadmap for peace and future diplomacy, and, as Reagan suggested, to consider an alliance in case of an invasion by space aliens. They had also gathered to eat. On the eve of November 20, a petite soufflé of lobster, suprême of chicken Périgourdine, and an endive salad with mousse de fromage and avocado preceded pear sorbet, petit fours, and coffee. Waiters walked the Summit dining room pouring a 1983 Silverado Chardonnay, a Stag’s Leap Cabernet Sauvignon of 1974, and, notably, a 1982 Iron Horse Blanc de Blanc to pair with each course. Ever since, every administration has poured…  ( 21 min )
    Cosmic Cavern in North, Arkansas
    Cosmic Cavern has known many names: Moore's Cave, Mystery Cave, Maple Springs Cave, and Johnson Cave, to name a few. Stumbled upon in an attempt to mine lead, the cave was instead mined for calcite. (Model T Ford gear shifts were made of calcite from Cosmic Cavern.) The cave contains many unique features, including the longest known soda straw in the Ozark Mountains, at nin feet long. One of the two bottomless lakes is the largest cave lake in the Ozarks. A cave diver attempted to find the bottom by throwing his air tank down a crevasse and shimmying further. While he survived the attempt, he did not manage to find the bottom, and no more cave dives were permitted. But what makes the cave so unique is the secret area discovered in 1993 via dynamite. A hole in the cave suggested another room behind the end. This hypothesis was correct; the new chamber held untouched features and an additional bottomless lake. This makes a great comparison between what man's effect on the cave ecosystem looks like. The first part of the cave is covered in soot, invasive algae, and broken formations.  The new chamber is pristine, with some features completely transparent.  ( 12 min )
    Key West Historic Memorial Sculpture Garden in Key West, Florida
    Home to 36 bronze busts representing important and notable people from the history of Key West, the 4 by 2-mile size island at the end of the Florida Keys, this sculpture garden is located on the original shoreline in bustling Mallory Square (the popular tourist area where people go every dusk to applaud the sunset). Recently celebrating its 25th anniversary, the garden was championed by the Friends of Mallory Square, and opened in September 1997 to celebrate the men and women who have had the greatest impact on Key West. There are some familiar faces and names immortalized here like fisher/drinker/author Ernest Hemingway, former President Harry S. Trueman, and railway magnate Henry M. Flagler, but a glance at the others reveals the deep and often-unknown history of the island, which h…  ( 14 min )
    Servants of India Society Monument in Pune, India
    Behind Fergusson College in Pune, there is a beautiful hill with lots of walking trails. The hill is called Fergusson Hill or Hanuman Tekdi, because there is a temple of Lord Hanuman on the top. A short distance from it, along the walking trail is an old stone monument that towers over the lush green landscape. The monument commemorates the establishment of The Servants of India Society on 12 June 1905 by Gopal Krishna Gokhale, a prominent leader, and social reformer. Along with him were eminent citizens like Natesh Appaji Dravid, Gopal Krishna Deodhar, Surendra Nath Banerjee, Anant Patwardhan, and others. The purpose of starting this organization was to bring about social reforms in the country, thereby uplifting the people. The primary goal was the promotion of social and human development.  The society was founded on the belief that for the development of the country, there should be a group of dedicated, selfless, and intelligent people who will dedicate their lives to the service of the nation. The society organized events and campaigns that focused on eradicating social evils like discrimination, oppression, poverty, domestic abuse, etc. There was an emphasis on nation-building activities such as education, sanitation, health care, upliftment of the underprivileged sections, etc. The society worked to unite people of different ethnicities and religions for welfare purposes. In recent times, on the occasion of the centenary ceremony in 2005, the monument was renovated and a tree plantation drive was carried out. The monument stands as a proud reminder of the efforts taken by the citizens toward the betterment of society.  ( 12 min )
    Camera Obscura in Cheverie, Nova Scotia
    In the small town of Cheverie, Nova Scotia, you will find an odd-looking brick structure near a salt marsh trail. This is the Camera Obscura which was built in 2012 by architecture students from Dalhousie Univerity. The style of the structure is a construction technique called Guastavino, which is named after a Spanish architect from the late 19th century. And keeping consistent with that period, the camera uses the same "old" technology and works as it would have during that time. The design of the exterior has three overlapping arches. Walking through the darker interior, you will see closed doors. This area is officially the large-scale pinhole camera, that you enter and close the doors behind you for the full effect. When you look up, there is a reflected and upside-down view of the cliffs across the water, and on the concrete floor below you is a real-time projection.  The small community you drive through to get to the camera obscura is quite beautiful to pass and the structure itself is quite amazing to see.  ( 12 min )
    Rock Art of Ikh Tengeriin Am in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
    Not far from Ihk Tenger, the fenced-off Mongolian presidential palace, is a site of Bronze Age petroglyphs. These are barely visible on the rock cliffs, but you can climb up the stairs to get a closer look. Motifs in Mongolian rock art include human figures that appear to morph into large winged birds, enclosures filled with dots, and horses traveling along trails. The rock art was first recorded by the Soviet scientist A.P. Okladnikov in 1960. In addition to the Bronze Age art, there are ink paintings that date back to the 13th century featuring inscriptions in Mongolian, Chinese, and Tibetan. The other attraction here is the many ovoo, structures adorned with ceremonial silk scarves, or khadag. The ovoo are littered with offerings and represent a resurgence of traditional Mongolian shamanism.  ( 13 min )
    Hōdō Inari Shrine in Tokyo, Japan
    Even in the ritzy Ginza district of Tokyo, quaint Shinto shrines aren’t uncommon; most of them, however, are placed on the rooftops of tall department store buildings and can hardly be viewed from street level. Hōdō Inari Shrine is a rare exception, but it’s almost as hard to find—perhaps even harder. Originally founded at some point during the Edo period (1603-1867), the shrine was dedicated to Inari, the all-rounder fox god, and meant to be a place to pray for children’s health. It is said that it was built for the shogun after several of his children had died young, and that it was relocated to Ginza from the premises of Edo Castle (today’s Imperial Palace). The kanji for Hōdō stands for “treasure” and “child.” Following the fall of the Tokugawa shogunate, Ginza rapidly began to dev…  ( 14 min )
    The Marshall Zhukov House Museum in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
    During World War II, Marshal Georgy Zhukov of the Soviet Union lived with his family at this modest home in Ulaanbaatar. At that time he aided the Mongolian military in planning their fight against the Japanese Kwantung Army. Due to his success in battle, Mongolia is forever grateful and has converted his house into a small museum. A statue of Zhukov is located in a square on the west side of the museum.  ( 12 min )
    Negev Guardian in Ramat Hovav, Israel
    A 16-meter-tall environmental statue in front Ramat-Hovav industrial zone, erected to protest the rampant pollution of the area, dominates the local desert landscape as a warning of the dangers of the polluted environment. Negev Guardian was erected by environmental sculptor Emilio Mogilner with contributions from the local communities. It is also goes by the names the holy Sambusak statue (Sambusak being a type of pastry) and Shimidura (roughly translated as "bless you" in Moroccan Arabic). The statue is made out of thousands of tons of earth shaped into the ancient face of a guardian. It stands five stories high on a foundation made of iron and cement.  ( 12 min )
    Disney's Animal Kingdom Rhinos Are the 'Real Housewives' of Orlando
    Rain Westgard’s coworkers are emotionally needy, and she’s fine with that. They are also clever, gregarious, and can weigh upward of 5,000 pounds. As a rhino keeper at Disney’s Animal Kingdom Theme Park near Orlando, Florida, it’s up to her to keep them physically fit, psychologically healthy, and otherwise entertained. “There's a lot of job security with white rhinos,” says Westgard, who has worked with them at Disney for 10 years. “They require a lot of care.” It’s also a weighty job. There are only 27,000 rhinos left on Earth, and three of the five species are considered critically endangered. With nearly 10,000 poached in the last decade—including one at a zoo in France—the thousand or so animals in managed care worldwide are considered crucial to the long-term survival of all rhin…  ( 21 min )
    Patricia Arquette Has a Thing for the Weird Art of California's High Desert
    The one time Patricia Arquette actually tried to work for a private investigator, as a side hustle early in her acting career, her wire came loose and fell out. Years later, the Academy Award–winning actress is getting a second chance at the gig in High Desert, a comedy series that debuted May 17, 2023, on Apple TV+. In High Desert, Arquette plays Peggy Newman, a former drug dealer–turned–Pioneertown Old West reenactor. Faced with foreclosure on her late mother’s home, Peggy starts moonlighting as a gumshoe, scaling the titular region of Southern California in search of curious clues to peculiar cases—all while fighting her own battle with addiction and mourning the loss of her mother. It’s funny, poignant, and, like the High Desert itself, just the right amount of weird. Atlas Obscura …  ( 21 min )
    Podcast: World Famous Crochet Museum
    Listen and subscribe on Stitcher, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all major podcast apps. In this episode of The Atlas Obscura Podcast, we visit an old California photomat stand has been turned into a shrine to the cozy art of crochet. Our podcast is an audio guide to the world’s wondrous, awe-inspiring, strange places. In under 15 minutes, we’ll take you to an incredible site, and along the way you’ll meet some fascinating people and hear their stories. Join us daily, Monday through Thursday, to explore a new wonder with cofounder Dylan Thuras and a neighborhood of Atlas Obscura reporters.  ( 14 min )
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    "Syllabolic"?
    On June 1 in Iowa, Donald Trump gave a speech in which he attacked Ron DeSantis from several angles. One of them was DeSantis' variation in pronunciation of his last name (see "Pronouncing 'DeSantis'", 6/3/2023), which Trump characterized as "changing his name", while introducing a puzzling (but promising?) new linguistic term, "syllabolic": Your browser does […]  ( 9 min )
    The Cantophone and the state
    Cantonese — its nature, its status, its past, present, and future, its place in the realm of Sinitic languages and in the world — has been one of the chief foci of Language Log.  Consequently, it is my great pleasure to announce the publication of the three-hundred-and-thirty-fourth issue of Sino-Platonic Papers: “The Concept of the […]  ( 8 min )
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    Comment on (i) reference question (pathological non-Noetherian examples), and (ii) the Jordan-Holder package by Kevin
    In reply to ravivakil. Could you please say more on the connection with Schubert calculus? Maybe giving an explicit example? I don't understand how this argument relates to it.  ( 19 min )
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    How Do You Write When You Travel
    My experience as a writer whilst touring the Himalayas  ( 7 min )
    If You Don’t Want to Promote Your Writing, Then Don’t Become a Writer — And Go Have a Cry
    It’s time to drop a nuke on writers Continue reading on The Writing Cooperative »  ( 15 min )
    4 Simple Strategies To Try Before You Quit Writing For Good
    Don’t give up before you’ve given it your all Continue reading on The Writing Cooperative »  ( 9 min )
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    Some recent papers of interest
    A couple of recent papers that seem interesting and I need to read more closely: , a collaboration between folks at Ohio University and Argonne, is a neat combination of and (-enabled) resonant x-ray absorption.  The authors bring an STM tip (an extremely sharp metal tip) down to within a nm of the sample surface, so that electrons can tunnel quantum mechanically from the sample to the tip.  Then bang the sample with x-rays that are resonant with core levels of particular atoms in the sample.  In this case, one sample consisted of iron-containing molecules.  The x-rays could kick electrons out of the iron atoms where they are then detected by the tip, allowing atomic-resolution mapping of the desired atoms.  (It's a bit more subtle than that - see Fig. 2j - but that's basically the gist.…  ( 10 min )
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    Philly Cheesesteaks
    Tender, well-marbled steak, sautéed onions, and melty provolone cheese served in a soft but sturdy hoagie roll define this classic Philly sandwich.  ( 21 min )
    24 Father's Day Recipes Our Staff Wants to Make for Their Dads
    Father's Day isn't all about grilled meats, but it mostly is! We threw in some dessert, too.  ( 16 min )
    The Very Best Tea Kettles, According to Our Very Particular Testing
    We tested tea kettles across several categories (including stovetop, electric, and gooseneck models) and found favorites at a variety of price points.  ( 24 min )
    You Will Use This $27 Kitchen Timer Way More Than You Think
    A top pick from our kitchen timer review, the OXO is our favorite countertop model.  ( 11 min )
    We Tested 21 Microwaves (and Popped LOTS of Popcorn) to Find Three Winners
    We tested 21 microwave ovens to find the best ones for all your cooking, popcorn, and reheated leftover needs.  ( 22 min )
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    Your Incentives Are Not The Same As Media Companies'
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    Atlanta Meetup This Sunday
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    DOJ finishing up Minneapolis Police Department investigation, begun after George Floyd’s murder
    Plus: St. Paul Central senior prank; what to expect in air quality (it's going to get better); the story of the kidnapped Hamm's heir; Juneteenth events; local Jeopardy contestant; and more.  ( 9 min )
    Unpacking the sweeping tenant rights changes made by the Minnesota Legislature
    Contained in the Judiciary and Public Safety omnibus bill are 16 pages of changes ranging from a ban on landlords requiring pets to be declawed and devocalized to making it easier to expunge past evictions from court records.  ( 25 min )
    Boats, bikes and Goodwill loads: The season of hauling stuff is upon us. Here’s how to do it safely
    Securing a load is a life skill worth practicing before you get the test.  ( 25 min )
    Limiting non-public safety traffic stops in some Ramsey County cities yielded drop in racial disparities
    More staggering than the reduction in non-public safety stops were the data around the racial disparities.  ( 16 min )
    MinnPost hires Alicia Pedersen, Bee Howerton to development team
    Bee Howerton joined us as development associate in May, and Alicia Pedersen came on board as membership manager this month.  ( 8 min )
    Weekend Picks: Divas, Drag, and Atlas O Phoenix
    Plus: Local stars guest on "Island of Discarded Women" podcast; two pianos and two dancers; new exhibit at Soo Visual Arts Center; and more.  ( 13 min )
    Seniors benefited from this historic Minnesota legislative session
    As demographics shift, we must encourage our leaders to ensure citizens of every age can thrive and make Minnesota a good place to grow up and grow old.  ( 9 min )
    Air quality worsens in Minnesota as Canadian wildfire smoke returns
    Plus: The best places to work in Minnesota; officials addressing juvenile crime in Twin Cities; Wisconsin governor threatens to veto budget; and more.  ( 7 min )
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    RT by @berkeley_ai: Pieter Abbeel and Ken Goldberg on generative AI applications https://tcrn.ch/3Pl3cXv by @bheater
    Pieter Abbeel and Ken Goldberg on generative AI applications tcrn.ch/3Pl3cXv by @bheater
    RT by @berkeley_ai: Introducing SqueezeLLM that incorporates a new method called Dense-and-Sparse Quantization to enable efficient LLM serving while enabling *higher quality* generation under the same size and speed constraints @sehoonkim418, Coleman Hooper, @zhendongucb, @xiuyu_l, @shengs1123
    Introducing SqueezeLLM that incorporates a new method called Dense-and-Sparse Quantization to enable efficient LLM serving while enabling *higher quality* generation under the same size and speed constraints @sehoonkim418, Coleman Hooper, @zhendongucb, @xiuyu_l, @shengs1123
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    Novo Nordisk to support MIT postdocs working at the intersection of AI and life sciences
    MIT-Novo Nordisk Artificial Intelligence Postdoctoral Fellows Program will support up to 10 postdocs annually over five years.  ( 7 min )
    If art is how we express our humanity, where does AI fit in?
    MIT postdoc Ziv Epstein SM ’19, PhD ’23 discusses issues arising from the use of generative AI to make art and other media.  ( 9 min )
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    What is the optimistic case for Kenya?
    That is the topic of my latest Bloomberg column: …a locale with a reasonable level of English fluency and an attractive year-round climate will get a lot of attention — and that nicely describes Kenya. Kenya also had a growth rate of about 5.5% last year, despite negative shocks to the prices of imported food and energy. […] The post What is the optimistic case for Kenya? appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments In reply to Phil S.. How did Europe and the US get rid of ... by Anti-Gnostic In reply to ged. Barefoot and pregnant from 12 years old to ... by ged In reply to Phinton. What is the counterfactual for you with ... by peri Why the fixation on population numbers? Canada, Poland, the ... by Anti-Gnostic In reply to Reason. The human capital is the problem. I guess ... by Vernon Plus 10 more... Related Stories Game theory and the First World War Nigeria floats its exchange rate GDP and temperature shocks  ( 7 min )
    Thursday assorted links
    1. How to think about Chinese manufacturing data. 2. Paul Salopek walking through China/Yunnan. 3. AI policy recommendations from Anthropic. 4. Now I understand better why I have never enjoyed the works of Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o. 5. “Man ‘faked his death before arriving to his funeral in a helicopter to teach family a lesson’” The post Thursday assorted links appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments In reply to Phil S.. lol, that twitter respondent's like: ... by M In reply to Phil S.. That's quite a story. Seems reasonable. by Bazza In reply to Moral Panic. All of the above. The biggest reason ... by Q In reply to M. This is a good chunk of the middle income ... by Kaleberg In reply to Canadian guy. As an Italian, I thought for a ... by Ed Plus 10 more...  ( 6 min )
    Game theory and the First World War
    By Nobel Laureate Roger Myerson: Books by Scott Wolford and Roger Ransom show how economic theories of games and decisions can be fruitfully applied to problems in World War I. This vital application offers fundamental insights into the analytical methods of game theory. Public random variables may be essential factors in war-of-attrition games. An assumption […] The post Game theory and the First World War appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments In reply to Student. They didn't “rule” ports in the way ... by dearieme In reply to Cecil Rokestam-Bourne. There's a difference ... by Zach In reply to Zach. Not true, as has been well known for some ... by Cecil Rokestam-Bourne In reply to gardel. Conversely, some are useless. by Florian v Schack In reply to Cecil Rothestam-Bourke. Six of one, half dozen of ... by Zach Plus 10 more... Related Stories *The Economic Government of the World, 1933-2023* *Goodbye Eastern Europe* *Medieval Horizons: Why the Middle Ages Matter*  ( 6 min )
    New Zealand’s great education decline
    A growing proportion of children leave school unable to read an instruction manual or do basic maths. Over the last twenty years, our education system has slipped from being the envy of the world to barely mediocre. Kiwi students once ranked near the top of international education league tables. In the latest results from the […] The post New Zealand’s great education decline appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments In reply to Sashoir. “NZ is a pretty PC sort of ... by kavu In reply to peri. The famous we-the-undersigned letter to the ... by Denny In reply to rayward. All good with that post RAy, except for ... by ged Reading, riting, and rithmatic. The three r's. by ged In reply to libertardian. I just wanted to respond to second ... by AndyM Plus 10 more... Related Stories The new public library? Emergent Ventures winners, 26th cohort What should I ask Ada Palmer?  ( 7 min )
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    There's No Evidence for Claims That Environmentally Friendly Investments Are Bad for the Poor
    There is no evidence for Republican claims that considering the environmental impacts of investment is bad for the poor—part of the party’s growing opposition to environmental, social and governance investments
    Secret Messages Can Hide in AI-Generated Media
    In steganography, an ordinary message masks the presence of a secret communication. Humans can never do it perfectly, but a new study shows it’s possible for machines
    World's Largest Fusion Project Is in Big Trouble, New Documents Reveal
    The International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) is already billions of dollars over budget and decades behind schedule. How much more money and time it will take to complete, not even its leaders can say
    When Disaster Strikes, Is Climate Change to Blame?
    Scientists are specifying how much damage climate change is adding to extreme weather events, potentially influencing court cases, insurance claims and public policy
    Here's What the Supreme Court's Clean Water Act Ruling Means to You
    Formerly “adjacent” wetlands in more than half of all states may be dredged or filled now that their federal protections have been stripped
    Useful Feedback, More Than Praise, Helps Students Flourish
    Teacher feedback that gives students options can make them feel empowered
    New Tool Reveals How AI Makes Decisions
    Large language models such as ChatGPT tend to make things up. A new approach now allows the systems to explain their responses—at least partially
    This Tiny Fish Can Recognize Itself in Photos
    A fish species recognizes its own face digitally edited onto another fish’s body. What does this mean for self-awareness?
    Draconian Laws Deter Pregnant Women from Treating Drug Abuse
    In some states, punitive drug laws require physicians to report a pregnant person with a substance use disorder, leading to the removal of their child after birth
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    reminds me to note that, when looking to 2024: - shifts in aggregate vote share, esp for young people and minorities, are a product both of persuasion and differential drop off - economic voting is not necessarily the same as party defection
    reminds me to note that, when looking to 2024: nitter.net/jon_m_rob/status/1669357872587878402#m
    great charts. it’s rare to find such clear observational evidence of policy change. (not necessarily surprising, since the policy change itself was rare in its extremity)
    great charts. it’s rare to find such clear observational evidence of policy change. (not necessarily surprising, since the policy change itself was rare in its extremity) nitter.net/baseballot/status/1669348598826536963#m
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    "Within Trump world, any accusation against him is automatically discounted and deemed false, politically motivated, or both." Read @CharlieCookDC's perspective on Trump's latest indictment: https://www.cookpolitical.com/analysis/national/national-politics/will-trumps-indictment-hurt-his-nomination-path-dont-count-it
    "Within Trump world, any accusation against him is automatically discounted and deemed false, politically motivated, or both." @CharlieCookDC's perspective on Trump's latest indictment: cookpolitical.com/analysis/n…
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    The Naming of Stats
    The Naming of Stats is a difficult matter, Of names of this kind, there are many examples,  ( 1 min )
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    There are 23 as-yet-undecided cases. I have a list, with brief summaries, at my blog: https://amylhowe.com/2023/06/14/entering-the-second-half-of-june-with-23-cases-left-to-decide/
    There are 23 as-yet-undecided cases. I have a list, with brief summaries, at my blog: amylhowe.com/2023/06/14/ente…
    Good morning from #SCOTUS, which is expected to issue one or more opinions in argued cases starting at 10 am this morning. I'll be live-blogging @SCOTUSblog starting at 9:45.
    Good morning from #SCOTUS, which is expected to issue one or more opinions in argued cases starting at 10 am this morning. I'll be live-blogging @SCOTUSblog starting at 9:45.
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    Fake data scandal in basketball!
    Remember the most important part of statistics that’s not in the textbooks? Here it comes again! In this case it’s not junk statistics claiming that North Korea is a democracy, it’s fake blocks in the NBA. Chris Thompson has the … Continue reading →  ( 9 min )
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    Frankly many of my followers are Dirty and Stupid , and only pretend to understand the significance of my Posts.
    Frankly many of my followers are Dirty and Stupid , and only pretend to understand the significance of my Posts.
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    Plague of anomalies in conference proceedings hint at ‘systemic issues’
    Hundreds of conference papers published by the U.S.-based Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) show signs of plagiarism, citation fraud and other types of scientific misconduct, according to data sleuths. “I am concerned that the issue with these particular conferences is widespread enough such that it indicates systemic issues with their peer review systems,” … Continue reading Plague of anomalies in conference proceedings hint at ‘systemic issues’  ( 9 min )
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    Book Review: Launching Capitalism Into Space
    Ashlee Vance’s “When the Heavens Went on Sale” chronicles the scramble among profit-seekers and idealists to create a new economy far above the Earth. The focus is on four companies at the heart of the private space sector, and the competing demands of venture capital and military funding.  ( 14 min )
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    Introduction to Linear Regression in R: Analyzing the mtcars Dataset with lm()
    Introduction Continue reading: Introduction to Linear Regression in R: Analyzing the mtcars Dataset with lm()  ( 10 min )
    How do you measure the impact of a champions program?
    This post can also be found on the CSCCE blog." How do you measure the impact of a champions program? This was the central question of a working session at CZI’s Accelerating Open Science in Latin America workshop, convened by rOpenSci’s Commun... Continue reading: How do you measure the impact of a champions program?  ( 12 min )
    Bayesian structural equation model tutorial
    Bayesian structural equation model tutorial Structural equation modelling (SEM) is a tool for exploring Continue reading: Bayesian structural equation model tutorial  ( 21 min )
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    RT by @pixelatedboat: Worried the Assange protest is missing a quite load bearing ‘FOR’
    Worried the Assange protest is missing a quite load bearing ‘FOR’
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    Timing is key for behavioural benefits of psychedelics https://go.nature.com/3qEO9xj
    Timing is key for behavioural benefits of psychedelics go.nature.com/3qEO9xj
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    The nation's first climate trial, led by kids, could have ramifications outside of Montana's borders https://trib.al/6Kf4xq3
    The nation's first climate trial, led by kids, could have ramifications outside of Montana's borders trib.al/6Kf4xq3
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    A reminder that NeurIPS tutorial submissions are due in 1 week, on June 21. There is still time to put together a strong submission! This is truly a rewarding experience, speaking as someone who presented a tutorial a few years ago. Submit here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc0ABEfxnDetLoYbP5Nq0zlxUvoLT17CA9hHtY-YiCHdxsoJw/viewform
    A reminder that NeurIPS tutorial submissions are due in 1 week, on June 21. There is still time to put together a strong submission! This is truly a rewarding experience, speaking as someone who presented a tutorial a few years ago. Submit here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…

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    in this thread: indicators of a close election
    in this thread: indicators of a close election nitter.net/DrewLinzer/status/1669036696820916225#m
    FWIW, Trump is now polling well above his 2016 primary national popular vote share, suggesting his strength (for now) is not just a matter of other candidates crowding the field https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/president-primary-r/2024/national/
    FWIW, Trump is now polling well above his 2016 primary national popular vote share, suggesting his strength (for now) is not just a matter of other candidates crowding the field projects.fivethirtyeight.com… nitter.net/SteveKornacki/status/1669042496754655234#m
    looks like yougov is hiring a data journalist/survey analyst (fully remote too): https://www.smartrecruiters.com/YouGov1/743999911864069?trid=aa693c38-1e61-49d8-ad06-09c4623c7dcb the person who previously held this job worked closely with us on the weekly Economist poll. good colleagues and great survey/poll-reporting experience too
    looks like yougov is hiring a data journalist/survey analyst (fully remote too): smartrecruiters.com/YouGov1/… the person who previously held this job worked closely with us on the weekly Economist poll. good colleagues and great survey/poll-reporting experience too
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    RT by @pixelatedboat: Top 27 Movies That Are Actually Brilliant Films
    Top 27 Movies That Are Actually Brilliant Films
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    From tea to tofu: why Chinese dietary staples are rich pickings for research https://go.nature.com/3qNZc7j
    From tea to tofu: why Chinese dietary staples are rich pickings for research go.nature.com/3qNZc7j
    How my bipolar diagnosis changed my scientific career https://go.nature.com/3qFdHKJ
    How my bipolar diagnosis changed my scientific career go.nature.com/3qFdHKJ
    Mouse studies suggest that drugs from LSD to ecstasy renew the brain’s flexibility — but some scientists are sceptical https://go.nature.com/3qGygqe
    Mouse studies suggest that drugs from LSD to ecstasy renew the brain’s flexibility — but some scientists are sceptical go.nature.com/3qGygqe
    Quantum computer scales up by mitigating errors https://go.nature.com/3p89Sxh
    Quantum computer scales up by mitigating errors go.nature.com/3p89Sxh
    Could endometriosis be caused by bacteria? Study offers fresh clues https://go.nature.com/42BH5yJ
    Could endometriosis be caused by bacteria? Study offers fresh clues go.nature.com/42BH5yJ
    Research briefing: A pangenome reference representative of 36 minority Chinese ethnic groups https://go.nature.com/3P9Ac4D
    Research briefing: A pangenome reference representative of 36 minority Chinese ethnic groups go.nature.com/3P9Ac4D
    Opening doors: how I crafted career opportunities abroad https://go.nature.com/42LEItb
    Opening doors: how I crafted career opportunities abroad go.nature.com/42LEItb
    Editorial: Vaccine-derived polio is undermining the fight to eradicate the virus https://go.nature.com/3N2rTFc
    Editorial: Vaccine-derived polio is undermining the fight to eradicate the virus go.nature.com/3N2rTFc
    Nature research paper: Evidence for the utility of quantum computing before fault tolerance https://go.nature.com/3p4ZLcx
    Nature research paper: Evidence for the utility of quantum computing before fault tolerance go.nature.com/3p4ZLcx
    Nature research paper: Genetic stabilization of attenuated oral vaccines against poliovirus types 1 and 3 https://go.nature.com/3NrVb1t
    Nature research paper: Genetic stabilization of attenuated oral vaccines against poliovirus types 1 and 3 go.nature.com/3NrVb1t
    Modified polio vaccines might aid efforts to eradicate the disease https://go.nature.com/3Nvi3NG
    Modified polio vaccines might aid efforts to eradicate the disease go.nature.com/3Nvi3NG
    R to @Nature: Get this Briefing free in your inbox 📩 sign up at: https://www.nature.com/briefing/signup/?utm_source=twt_nnc&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=briefingthread
    Get this Briefing free in your inbox 📩 sign up at: nature.com/briefing/signup/?…
    R to @Nature: “I think he never doubted in any way that this was correct,” said geneticist Michael Boshart, who was a PhD student in Harald zur Hausen's team (via @nytimes).
    “I think he never doubted in any way that this was correct,” said geneticist Michael Boshart, who was a PhD student in Harald zur Hausen's team (via @nytimes).
    R to @Nature: The eruption of Kīlauea is so far confined to the Halemaʻumaʻu crater at the volcano’s summit. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-01957-3?utm_source=twt_nnc&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=briefingthread
    The eruption of Kīlauea is so far confined to the Halemaʻumaʻu crater at the volcano’s summit. nature.com/articles/d41586-0…
    R to @Nature: Polymath Thomas Young, born 250 years ago this week, originated a demonstration that has scientists scratching their heads to this day: the double-slit experiment. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-01938-6?utm_source=twt_nnc&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=briefingthread
    Polymath Thomas Young, born 250 years ago this week, originated a demonstration that has scientists scratching their heads to this day: the double-slit experiment. nature.com/articles/d41586-0…
    R to @Nature: Many coal-fired power plants will probably close down instead of complying with proposed EPA regulation. “Managing the social costs of the clean-energy transition must remain a priority in the United States, and worldwide”, argues a @Nature editorial. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-01825-0?utm_source=twt_nnc&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=briefingthread
    Many coal-fired power plants will probably close down instead of complying with proposed EPA regulation. “Managing the social costs of the clean-energy transition must remain a priority in the United States, and worldwide”, argues a @Nature editorial. nature.com/articles/d41586-0…
    R to @Nature: Mice are often trained for specific, idosyncratic tasks, such as pushing a lever to get a reward. The end result is like studying a “professional athlete”, says neuroscientist @trabranco. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-01926-w?utm_source=twt_nnc&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=briefingthread
    Mice are often trained for specific, idosyncratic tasks, such as pushing a lever to get a reward. The end result is like studying a “professional athlete”, says neuroscientist @trabranco. nature.com/articles/d41586-0…
    R to @Nature: Moths are the unsung heroes of pollination in cities, accounting for one third of pollinator visits in a study of moths and bees in Leeds, UK led by @em_ellis_ (via @WIRED). https://www.wired.com/story/bees-get-all-the-love-wont-someone-think-of-the-moths/
    Moths are the unsung heroes of pollination in cities, accounting for one third of pollinator visits in a study of moths and bees in Leeds, UK led by @em_ellis_ (via @WIRED). wired.com/story/bees-get-all…
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    Employment increased in 34 large metro areas from April 2022 to April 2023 https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2023/employment-increased-in-34-large-metro-areas-from-april-2022-to-april-2023.htm #BLSdata
    Employment increased in 34 large metro areas from April 2022 to April 2023 bls.gov/opub/ted/2023/employ… #BLSdata
    Employment increased in 34 large metro areas from April 2022 to April 2023 https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2023/employment-increased-in-34-large-metro-areas-from-april-2022-to-april-2023.htm #BLSdata
    Employment increased in 34 large metro areas from April 2022 to April 2023 bls.gov/opub/ted/2023/employ… #BLSdata
    How the Producer Price Index is Used for Contract Adjustment https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8aIfzkFILw #PPI #BLSdata
    How the Producer Price Index is Used for Contract Adjustment piped.video/watch?v=t8aIfzkF… #PPI #BLSdata
    Introduction to the Producer Price Index https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9Y48rsgZZg #PPI #BLSdata
    Introduction to the Producer Price Index piped.video/watch?v=d9Y48rsg… #PPI #BLSdata
    See our interactive graphics on today’s new Producer Price Indexes data https://www.bls.gov/charts/producer-price-index/ #PPI #BLSdata #DataViz
    See our interactive graphics on today’s new Producer Price Indexes data bls.gov/charts/producer-pric… #PPI #BLSdata #DataViz
    PPI for final demand declines 0.3% in May; goods fall 1.6%, services increase 0.2% https://www.bls.gov/news.release/ppi.nr0.htm #PPI #BLSdata
    PPI for final demand declines 0.3% in May; goods fall 1.6%, services increase 0.2% bls.gov/news.release/ppi.nr0… #PPI #BLSdata
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    RT by @OptaAnalyst: The Golden Bear had 18 top-10 finishes in the US Open. Arnie once rallied from a 7-stroke deficit to win it. But how about the time poor J.D. Tucker shot a record-high round of 157 in 1898? Check out all the good and bad of the US Open's long history: https://theanalyst.com/na/2023/06/the-third-major-us-open-champions-and-all-time-records/
    The Golden Bear had 18 top-10 finishes in the US Open. Arnie once rallied from a 7-stroke deficit to win it. But how about the time poor J.D. Tucker shot a record-high round of 157 in 1898? theanalyst.com/na/2023/06/th…
    Nicolò Barella’s performances in 2022-23 saw him make the @OptaPaolo Serie A team of the season… #NUFC https://theanalyst.com/2023/06/serie-a-team-of-the-season-2022-23/
    Nicolò Barella’s performances in 2022-23 saw him make the @OptaPaolo Serie A team of the season… #NUFC theanalyst.com/2023/06/serie…
    RT by @OptaAnalyst: 3 – The Netherlands have three players of Feyenoord in their starting XI for the first time since May 2017 (3 against Morocco). Champions.
    3 – The Netherlands have three players of Feyenoord in their starting XI for the first time since May 2017 (3 against Morocco). Champions.  ( 1 min )
    RT by @OptaAnalyst: That #NEDCRO preview you were looking for, via @OptaAnalyst. https://theanalyst.com/eu/2023/06/netherlands-vs-croatia-uefa-nations-league-finals-prediction-preview/
    That #NEDCRO preview you were looking for, via @OptaAnalyst. theanalyst.com/eu/2023/06/ne…
    James Milner is still going strong at 37! After leaving Liverpool, he's signed a one-year deal with the option of an additional 12 months at Brighton. Milner is within striking distance of the @PremierLeague appearances record, just 34 behind Gareth Barry. Will he do it?
    James Milner is still going strong at 37! After leaving Liverpool, he's signed a one-year deal with the option of an additional 12 months at Brighton. @PremierLeague appearances record, just 34 behind Gareth Barry. Will he do it? nitter.net/OfficialBHAFC/status/1668973336871796737#m
    RT by @OptaAnalyst: What would Mason Mount bring to Manchester United? We take a look at his numbers at Chelsea: https://theanalyst.com/eu/2023/06/mason-mount-to-manchester-united-would-be-chelsea-loss/
    What would Mason Mount bring to Manchester United? We take a look at his numbers at Chelsea: theanalyst.com/eu/2023/06/ma…
    RT by @OptaAnalyst: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐟𝐞𝐫 𝐓𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐬 🎯 It may seem somewhat vulture-like to look for bargains from relegated teams, but we’ve done it anyway. In our Relegated Transfer Targets series, we have analysed the players at each club who are moved likely to make a move this summer.
    𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐟𝐞𝐫 𝐓𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐬 🎯 It may seem somewhat vulture-like to look for bargains from relegated teams, but we’ve done it anyway. In our Relegated Transfer Targets series, we have analysed the players at each club who are moved likely to make a move this summer.
    RT by @OptaAnalyst: After battling relegation in successive seasons, Everton need to finally pull themselves together if their long stay in the top flight is to go on. @PatricRidge assesses the major issues that need addressing ahead of 2023-24. #EFC https://theanalyst.com/eu/2023/06/everton-relegation-battles-need-to-stop/
    After battling relegation in successive seasons, Everton need to finally pull themselves together if their long stay in the top flight is to go on. @PatricRidge assesses the major issues that need addressing ahead of 2023-24. #EFC theanalyst.com/eu/2023/06/ev…
    RT by @OptaAnalyst: Galatasaray had a miserable 2021-22 season, finishing 13th & setting a new club record for their lowest finish in the top flight. Enter, Okan Buruk. This is the story of how they won the 2022-23 Süper Lig title via @OptaCan. 🇹🇷 #SampiyonGalatasaray https://theanalyst.com/eu/2023/06/galatasaray-2022-23-turnaround-okan-buruk/
    Galatasaray had a miserable 2021-22 season, finishing 13th & setting a new club record for their lowest finish in the top flight. @OptaCan. 🇹🇷 #SampiyonGalatasaray theanalyst.com/eu/2023/06/ga…
    RT by @OptaAnalyst: Why Manchester United NEED to sign Mason Mount! 🖊️ We are delighted to welcome @jord_coll, who will be bringing you more great video content. Why not give us a follow? TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@optaanalyst/video/7244493325120671002 YouTube Shorts: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/PytfDzYy8XA Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/Ctd6Df5u9l_/
    Why Manchester United NEED to sign Mason Mount! 🖊️ @jord_coll, who will be bringing you more great video content. tiktok.com/@optaanalyst/vide… piped.video/shorts/PytfDzYy8… instagram.com/p/Ctd6Df5u9l_/
    RT by @OptaAnalyst: If Kylian Mbappé leaves PSG this summer, where should he go? @alitweedale assesses the options and looks at how he could fit in at prospective clubs across Europe (...and Saudi Arabia). https://theanalyst.com/eu/2023/06/kylian-mbappe-next-club-real-madrid-man-utd-chelsea-psg/
    If Kylian Mbappé leaves PSG this summer, where should he go? @alitweedale assesses the options and looks at how he could fit in at prospective clubs across Europe (...and Saudi Arabia). theanalyst.com/eu/2023/06/ky…
    RT by @OptaAnalyst: How Much Faith Does Your Club Show in Young Players? Here's the Opta study into usage of U21 players across the top five European leagues in 2022-23. https://theanalyst.com/eu/2023/06/how-much-faith-does-your-club-show-in-young-players-2022-23/
    How Much Faith Does Your Club Show in Young Players? theanalyst.com/eu/2023/06/ho…
    RT by @OptaAnalyst: Netherlands vs Croatia: Opta Preview 📈 The 2023 UEFA Nations League has reached the final stages. We look ahead to tonight's semi-final at De Kuip in Rotterdam with our Netherlands vs Croatia prediction & preview. https://theanalyst.com/eu/2023/06/netherlands-vs-croatia-uefa-nations-league-finals-prediction-preview/
    Netherlands vs Croatia: Opta Preview 📈 theanalyst.com/eu/2023/06/ne…
    RT by @OptaAnalyst: Eze Does It 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 In 2021, Eberechi Eze suffered a serious Achilles injury on the day he was included in a provisional England squad. Now he’s back and could make his Three Lions debut on Friday. ✍️ @RyanRyanBenson | #CPFC https://theanalyst.com/eu/2023/06/eberechi-eze-england-crystal-palace-stats/
    Eze Does It 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 @RyanRyanBenson | #CPFC theanalyst.com/eu/2023/06/eb…
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    Refrigerator pickles made with a vinegar brine flavored with dill, garlic, and onion are a Midwestern classic. https://www.seriouseats.com/milwaukee-dill-pickles-cucmber-recipe?taid=648a4676f537910001926e6d&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    Refrigerator pickles made with a vinegar brine flavored with dill, garlic, and onion are a Midwestern classic. seriouseats.com/milwaukee-di…
    A quick and easy Japanese pork stir-fry. https://www.seriouseats.com/pork-ginger-buta-shogayaki-recipe-5208113?taid=648a388aac03a900012e133a&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    A quick and easy Japanese pork stir-fry. seriouseats.com/pork-ginger-…
    We tested six popcorn makers to see which ones popped the best-tasting popcorn, had the fewest unpopped kernels, and were easy to set up and clean. https://www.seriouseats.com/best-popcorn-makers-7506178?taid=648a2a7c1ccae000018f2107&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    We tested six popcorn makers to see which ones popped the best-tasting popcorn, had the fewest unpopped kernels, and were easy to set up and clean. seriouseats.com/best-popcorn…
    If you're looking to light up your charcoal grill, a chimney starter makes it easy. https://www.seriouseats.com/grilling-lighting-the-fire-without-lighter-fluid?taid=648a0e3aed2f6d00013bb4d4&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    If you're looking to light up your charcoal grill, a chimney starter makes it easy. seriouseats.com/grilling-lig…
    A piece of bar gear turns your iced coffee into a velvety, foam-capped treat. https://www.seriouseats.com/caffe-shakerato-italian-shaken-iced-coffee?taid=648a002b41ccb3000115edeb&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    A piece of bar gear turns your iced coffee into a velvety, foam-capped treat. seriouseats.com/caffe-shaker…
    These super-simple scones are fluffy but crumbly and only lightly sweetened, and come together faster than you can preheat an oven. https://www.seriouseats.com/bakery-style-cream-scones-with-chocolate-recipe?taid=6489f22241ccb3000115e83a&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    These super-simple scones are fluffy but crumbly and only lightly sweetened, and come together faster than you can preheat an oven. seriouseats.com/bakery-style…
    Kenyan black beans are cooked until tender, then simmered in an aromatic coconut curry sauce. https://www.seriouseats.com/kenyan-njahi-in-coconut-sauce-5180229?taid=6489d5f9e20af400016f217a&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    Kenyan black beans are cooked until tender, then simmered in an aromatic coconut curry sauce. seriouseats.com/kenyan-njahi…
    With tart Greek yogurt, whipped cream, and airy meringue, this may just be the fluffiest cheesecake around. https://www.seriouseats.com/no-bake-greek-yogurt-cheesecake?taid=64891116b58b2500019c3a30&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    With tart Greek yogurt, whipped cream, and airy meringue, this may just be the fluffiest cheesecake around. seriouseats.com/no-bake-gree…
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    With AI threatening to overtake the world of work, at least one pretty good job will always be in demand | Opinion https://trib.al/kI0efUY
    With AI threatening to overtake the world of work, at least one pretty good job will always be in demand | Opinion trib.al/kI0efUY
    Fat-like compounds in ancient rocks point to a vast array of previously unknown microbes that once dominated complex life on Earth https://trib.al/RED6kB8
    Fat-like compounds in ancient rocks point to a vast array of previously unknown microbes that once dominated complex life on Earth trib.al/RED6kB8
    Therapy for dissociative identity disorder has aimed to meld many personalities into one. But that's not the only solution, a caring therapist shows https://trib.al/hqezWs9
    Therapy for dissociative identity disorder has aimed to meld many personalities into one. But that's not the only solution, a caring therapist shows trib.al/hqezWs9  ( 1 min )
    New research finds that the area burned by wildfires during summer in California has increased fivefold since 1971 because of more arid conditions caused by climate change https://trib.al/L5ojF3J
    New research finds that the area burned by wildfires during summer in California has increased fivefold since 1971 because of more arid conditions caused by climate change trib.al/L5ojF3J  ( 1 min )
    In 2013 a user named Cleo took the online math forum Mathematics Stack Exchange by storm, posting quick, fully formed answers to incredibly complex problems. 🎧 Learn about math menace Cleo in this episode of Science, Quickly on @spotifypodcasts 🔗 https://bit.ly/42F47Fc
    In 2013 a user named Cleo took the online math forum Mathematics Stack Exchange by storm, posting quick, fully formed answers to incredibly complex problems. @spotifypodcasts 🔗 bit.ly/42F47Fc
    Happening Now: Rebecca J. Lester (@psychanthro) is answering your questions about her article in our June issue: how she helped a young woman with 12 different personalities form a community of selves in one individual. Join our @Reddit AMA: https://bit.ly/43CqfkE Read the full story: https://bit.ly/3MwC5FH
    Happening Now: Rebecca J. Lester (@psychanthro) is answering your questions about her article in our June issue: how she helped a young woman with 12 different personalities form a community of selves in one individual. @Reddit AMA: bit.ly/43CqfkE bit.ly/3MwC5FH nitter.net/sciam/status/1668316089711722511#m
    Curious to learn more about this story? Join our @Reddit AMA with the author, Rebecca J. Lester. Today at 1 p.m. ET: https://reddit.com/r/IAmA/
    Curious to learn more about this story? Join our @Reddit AMA with the author, Rebecca J. Lester. teddit.net/r/IAmA/ nitter.net/sciam/status/1668316091792146433#m
    Starting in 1 hour! https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/
    Starting in 1 hour! teddit.net/r/IAmA/ nitter.net/sciam/status/1668316089711722511#m
    Telltale evidence gathered by the James Webb Space Telescope suggests we're closer than ever before to finding elusive Population III stars https://trib.al/ui8Npzz
    Telltale evidence gathered by the James Webb Space Telescope suggests we're closer than ever before to finding elusive Population III stars trib.al/ui8Npzz
    Though you might not be able to significantly rev up your metabolism, there are ways to boost the energy your body burns while doing nothing https://trib.al/b7T2HhI
    Though you might not be able to significantly rev up your metabolism, there are ways to boost the energy your body burns while doing nothing trib.al/b7T2HhI
    RT by @sciam: For @sciam I wrote about ice in cocktails and what bars are doing to become more sustainable! https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/climate-friendly-cocktail-recipes-go-light-on-ice/
    For @sciam I wrote about ice in cocktails and what bars are doing to become more sustainable! scientificamerican.com/artic…
    How academic institutions can prevent sexual harassment and protect scientists | Opinion https://trib.al/xKrB84c
    How academic institutions can prevent sexual harassment and protect scientists | Opinion trib.al/xKrB84c
    MDMA is a well-known party drug. But it’s also showing real promise for treating PTSD. 🎧 Listen to Your Health, Quickly with 🎙️ @tanyalewis314 and @jfischman on Apple Podcasts: https://bit.ly/3JaOzC1
    MDMA is a well-known party drug. But it’s also showing real promise for treating PTSD. @tanyalewis314 and @jfischman on Apple Podcasts: bit.ly/3JaOzC1
    To learn how to choose a secure password, you need to understand how hackers do their work. https://trib.al/bQwz8p2
    To learn how to choose a secure password, you need to understand how hackers do their work. trib.al/bQwz8p2
    Ontario and Quebec could see wildfires grow more intense and frequent as a changing climate brings unusually hot and dry conditions https://trib.al/ZYXKm2u
    Ontario and Quebec could see wildfires grow more intense and frequent as a changing climate brings unusually hot and dry conditions trib.al/ZYXKm2u
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    A deer-tooth pendant from a Siberian cave yielded DNA left by a woman who lived some 20,000 years ago. https://scim.ag/30x
    A deer-tooth pendant from a Siberian cave yielded DNA left by a woman who lived some 20,000 years ago. scim.ag/30x
    When flies are forced to feed around dead members of their species, they tend to kick the bucket earlier than is typical. https://scim.ag/30u
    When flies are forced to feed around dead members of their species, they tend to kick the bucket earlier than is typical. scim.ag/30u
    It’s the first time a frog—or any amphibian—has been observed pollinating a plant. https://scim.ag/30r
    It’s the first time a frog—or any amphibian—has been observed pollinating a plant. scim.ag/30r
    Octopuses may have vivid, narrative dreams—some of which are terrifying. https://scim.ag/30o
    Octopuses may have vivid, narrative dreams—some of which are terrifying. scim.ag/30o
    A gene that lengthens telomeres can extend cellular life, but also raises the risk for tumors and a condition associated with blood cancer. https://scim.ag/30f
    A gene that lengthens telomeres can extend cellular life, but also raises the risk for tumors and a condition associated with blood cancer. scim.ag/30f
    A technique based on artificial intelligence can translate brain scans into words and sentences. https://scim.ag/30c
    A technique based on artificial intelligence can translate brain scans into words and sentences. scim.ag/30c
    Exactly how coral nourishes itself has long been a mystery—until now. Learn more: https://scim.ag/30a @ScienceVisuals
    Exactly how coral nourishes itself has long been a mystery—until now. scim.ag/30a @ScienceVisuals
    Many U.S. biomedical researchers and their collaborators abroad are reacting with alarm to a new NIH requirement that foreign groups send their NIH partners copies of their lab notebooks and other raw data at least every few months. https://scim.ag/301
    Many U.S. biomedical researchers and their collaborators abroad are reacting with alarm to a new NIH requirement that foreign groups send their NIH partners copies of their lab notebooks and other raw data at least every few months. scim.ag/301
    Humans have long seen themselves mirrored in other primates, with apes’ social behavior and cognitive abilities shedding light on our own. Now, two international teams have stared deeper into the mirror. https://scim.ag/2ZX
    Humans have long seen themselves mirrored in other primates, with apes’ social behavior and cognitive abilities shedding light on our own. scim.ag/2ZX
    As emergency managers in southern Ukraine evacuate people there from disastrous flooding caused by the mysterious breach of a major dam, conservation scientists are pondering the effects on the region’s plants and animals. https://scim.ag/2ZW
    As emergency managers in southern Ukraine evacuate people there from disastrous flooding caused by the mysterious breach of a major dam, conservation scientists are pondering the effects on the region’s plants and animals. scim.ag/2ZW
    The first 45 words uttered by a police officer during the traffic stop of a Black driver can predict whether the interaction will escalate. https://scim.ag/2ZU
    The first 45 words uttered by a police officer during the traffic stop of a Black driver can predict whether the interaction will escalate. scim.ag/2ZU
    Octopuses may have vivid, narrative dreams—some of which are terrifying. https://scim.ag/2ZS
    Octopuses may have vivid, narrative dreams—some of which are terrifying. scim.ag/2ZS
    A new U.S. study will test whether pairing molecularly targeted drugs will work better than single drugs to wipe out cancer. https://scim.ag/2ZR
    A new U.S. study will test whether pairing molecularly targeted drugs will work better than single drugs to wipe out cancer. scim.ag/2ZR
    Lava flows can abruptly shift from smooth, ropy pahoehoe to rubbly, jagged aa—changes that might be sparked by the molten rock’s internal churn. https://scim.ag/2ZP
    Lava flows can abruptly shift from smooth, ropy pahoehoe to rubbly, jagged aa—changes that might be sparked by the molten rock’s internal churn. scim.ag/2ZP
    Charles Darwin assumed the driver of the giraffe’s long neck was food, but a fossil of an ancient giraffe relative suggests there might be more to the story. #ScienceMagArchives https://scim.ag/2ZN
    Charles Darwin assumed the driver of the giraffe’s long neck was food, but a fossil of an ancient giraffe relative suggests there might be more to the story. #ScienceMagArchives scim.ag/2ZN
    Researchers around the globe are now trying to revive antibody treatments to treat #COVID19 by redesigning them to take aim at targets that are less prone to mutation. https://scim.ag/2ZM
    Researchers around the globe are now trying to revive antibody treatments to treat #COVID19 by redesigning them to take aim at targets that are less prone to mutation. scim.ag/2ZM
    Unlike some other spiders that camouflage themselves with drab colors and sticklike appendages, this jumping spider disguises itself by crawling like an ant. Learn more: https://scim.ag/2ZK @ScienceVisuals
    Unlike some other spiders that camouflage themselves with drab colors and sticklike appendages, this jumping spider disguises itself by crawling like an ant. scim.ag/2ZK @ScienceVisuals
    Zebrafish live for less than a year, but new research finds that extending the length of the chromosomes in their guts kept them healthy into old age. https://scim.ag/2ZI
    Zebrafish live for less than a year, but new research finds that extending the length of the chromosomes in their guts kept them healthy into old age. scim.ag/2ZI
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    David Autor named NOMIS 2023 Distinguished Scientist
    NOMIS Foundation honors the Ford Professor of Economics for his contributions to understanding the effects of technological change and globalization on jobs and earnings prospects for workers.  ( 6 min )
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    RT by @tetraduzione: Can we speedup deep learning 2.5x via data-selection with theoretical guarantees? Our #ICM2023 paper shows for the first time that this is indeed possible! Data points of increasing learning difficulty is what you need! An excellent work well worth reading (@YUYANG_UCLA,Hao)🎉🌱
    Can we speedup deep learning 2.5x via data-selection with theoretical guarantees? Our #ICM2023 paper shows for the first time that this is indeed possible! Data points of increasing learning difficulty is what you need! An excellent work well worth reading (@YUYANG_UCLA,Hao)🎉🌱 nitter.net/YUYANG_UCLA/status/1668771083733078017#m  ( 1 min )
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    A Story Inside a Story: Using Framing Devices in Fiction
    A story about stories within stories Continue reading on The Writing Cooperative »
    Take The Sting Out Of Writer Rejection With These 5 Strategies
    Everyone gets rejected. And it doesn’t have to hurt. Continue reading on The Writing Cooperative »
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    5 Rason Your Prologue ISN’T Working
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    The small molecule SDT-011, tested in mice and human skin, could be a promising treatment for severe #rash associated with the #EGFR inhibitor cancer treatment. @ScienceTM https://scim.ag/30v
    The small molecule SDT-011, tested in mice and human skin, could be a promising treatment for severe #rash associated with the #EGFR inhibitor cancer treatment. @ScienceTM scim.ag/30v
    Cold environments promoted the social evolution of Asian colobine primates in a stepwise manner, according to a new Science study. https://scim.ag/30t #PrimateGenomes
    Cold environments promoted the social evolution of Asian colobine primates in a stepwise manner, according to a new Science study. scim.ag/30t #PrimateGenomes
    Scientists have delineated how a biochemical modification enables macrophages to neutralize and clear out the bacterium responsible for #tuberculosis–a discovery that could facilitate therapeutic research for this widespread health burden. @SciSignal https://scim.ag/30j
    Scientists have delineated how a biochemical modification enables macrophages to neutralize and clear out the bacterium responsible for #tuberculosis–a discovery that could facilitate therapeutic research for this widespread health burden. @SciSignal scim.ag/30j
    RT by @ScienceMagazine: This week in Science Advances, researchers investigate the effect of ocean alkalinity enhancement, a process that sequesters carbon by increasing ocean alkalinity through the addition of limestone and other alkaline minerals. Read that study and more: https://scim.ag/30h
    This week in Science Advances, researchers investigate the effect of ocean alkalinity enhancement, a process that sequesters carbon by increasing ocean alkalinity through the addition of limestone and other alkaline minerals. scim.ag/30h
    RT by @ScienceMagazine: Researchers tie endometriosis in women to an invasive genus of bacteria, fecal microbiome transplants may soothe colitis during cancer immunotherapy, and more in this week's issue of #ScienceTranslationalMedicine. https://scim.ag/30g
    Researchers tie endometriosis in women to an invasive genus of bacteria, fecal microbiome transplants may soothe colitis during cancer immunotherapy, and more in this week's issue of #ScienceTranslationalMedicine. scim.ag/30g
    In an effort to ensure equity and reduce bias, the U.S. NIH has proposed a plan to change how grant proposals are peer reviewed. But a new #LetterToScience argues that the changes do not address previous evidence about bias in the peer review process. https://scim.ag/30b
    In an effort to ensure equity and reduce bias, the U.S. NIH has proposed a plan to change how grant proposals are peer reviewed. #LetterToScience argues that the changes do not address previous evidence about bias in the peer review process. scim.ag/30b
    A new @SciImmunology study investigates how intestinal α4β7+ CD8 T cells enhance immune responses against metastatic tumors typically resistant to anti-PD-L1 immunotherapy. 📄: https://scim.ag/305
    A new @SciImmunology study investigates how intestinal α4β7+ CD8 T cells enhance immune responses against metastatic tumors typically resistant to anti-PD-L1 immunotherapy. scim.ag/305
    The distribution of African forest and savanna ecosystems are highly predictable by climate, according to a new Science study. https://scim.ag/2ZZ #ScienceResearch
    The distribution of African forest and savanna ecosystems are highly predictable by climate, according to a new Science study. scim.ag/2ZZ #ScienceResearch
    The first U.S. nationwide geological survey in a generation could reveal badly needed supplies of critical minerals. Learn more in this @NewsfromScience feature: https://scim.ag/2ZV
    The first U.S. nationwide geological survey in a generation could reveal badly needed supplies of critical minerals. @NewsfromScience feature: scim.ag/2ZV
    Facing a scarcity of pollen, bumblebees will nibble on the leaves of flowerless plants, causing intentional damage in a way that speeds up the production of flowers, according to a Science study from 2020. https://scim.ag/2ZT #NationalPollinatorsMonth
    Facing a scarcity of pollen, bumblebees will nibble on the leaves of flowerless plants, causing intentional damage in a way that speeds up the production of flowers, according to a Science study from 2020. scim.ag/2ZT #NationalPollinatorsMonth
    In a 3-year genomic selection experiment in the wild involving more than 2000 Dutch great tits, researchers in @ScienceAdvances found that the birds’ reproductive success was not affected by laying eggs early or late in the season. https://scim.ag/2ZQ
    In a 3-year genomic selection experiment in the wild involving more than 2000 Dutch great tits, researchers in @ScienceAdvances found that the birds’ reproductive success was not affected by laying eggs early or late in the season. scim.ag/2ZQ
    A new study in Science presents whole-genome data from 233 primate species representing 86% of the primate genera and all 16 families. https://scim.ag/2ZO #PrimateGenomes
    A new study in Science presents whole-genome data from 233 primate species representing 86% of the primate genera and all 16 families. scim.ag/2ZO #PrimateGenomes
    New in @ScienceTM: Researchers have identified 15 separate variants in the PSMC3 proteasome gene in 23 patients with neurodevelopmental delay and intellectual disabilities. https://scim.ag/2ZL
    New in @ScienceTM: Researchers have identified 15 separate variants in the PSMC3 proteasome gene in 23 patients with neurodevelopmental delay and intellectual disabilities. scim.ag/2ZL
    On the latest #SciencePodcast🎙️, @boron110 takes a look at taking solvents out of #chemistry with @JakeYeston and Yerzhan Zholdassov. 🎧 Listen to this segment and more: https://scim.ag/2ZJ
    On the latest #SciencePodcast🎙️, @boron110 takes a look at taking solvents out of #chemistry with @JakeYeston and Yerzhan Zholdassov. scim.ag/2ZJ
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    Was May 2023 abnormally hot in Minnesota?
    Yes. It was the sixth hottest May on record in the state of Minnesota based on data from the Midwestern Regional Climate Center.  ( 6 min )
    Scott County GOP compares Biden to Hitler, Stalin in Facebook post
    Plus: Wildfire in Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness; another person pleads guilty in Feeding Our Future scandal; no commitment to extra transit for sold out Taylor Swift concerts; and more.  ( 7 min )
    As planners contemplate light rail through north Minneapolis, who will pay to help residents and businesses stay?
    A Metro Transit route for the Blue Line light rail extension project hasn’t been finalized, but residents and businesses are concerned it could displace people in an economically vulnerable area.  ( 22 min )
    Minnesota program focuses on health organizations working to create affordable housing
    Six organizations are working with the Greater Minnesota Housing Fund to better address the root causes behind housing insecurity.  ( 11 min )
    Bakers and brewers barter for rhubarb, treating Minnesota to summer flavors
    The tart, resilient northern vegetable is an in-demand ingredient for drinks and desserts this time of year.  ( 11 min )
    Can we ever have a European style bike culture In the U.S.?
    Bike riders in Europe aren’t just exercising, it’s not an “activity” of some kind; their bikes are integrated into their daily lives.  ( 19 min )
    Xcel Energy cancels project for diverse communities blaming inflation, supply chain issues
    Plus: Meeting Miss Hmong Minnesota 2023; Wisconsin lawmakers poised to cut funding for UW campuses; bicyclist riding down I-35W struck by an SUV; Sean Sherman receives the ninth annual Julia Child Award; and more.  ( 9 min )
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    Redheaded Stranger in Nashville, Tennessee
    Your first clue that Redheaded Stranger is no ordinary taco joint is perched on a corner barstool. He’s a giant stuffed giraffe with braided pigtails and a T-shirt that reads “NO FUCKIN’ CHIPS,” and his name is Willie—in honor of Mr. Nelson, of course. Your second clue is that for years, the not-so-secret order here was the Crunchwrap. “My mom's favorite restaurant is Taco Bell, so I grew up eating a lot of [Crunchwrap Supremes],” says chef Bryan Lee Weaver. The restaurant initially kept it off the official menu out of low-key fear of litigation. “We ran it as a special and it sold like crazy, so we just kind of kept doing it.” Unlike the fast-food iteration, Redheaded Stranger’s versions include fillings like house-made green chile pork and whipped feta. When Bryan Lee Weaver and Mi…  ( 14 min )
    Robert's Western World in Nashville, Tennesee
    Jimmie Rodgers, the “Father of Country Music” started strumming his guitar for beer-drinkers along the streets of Nashville in the 1930s. Sometime between then and today, the city’s Broadway took a turn for the wild. Nowadays, most locals give the neon-drenched street a wide berth and complain that the area has become something of a parody of itself—a relentless bachelorette party and booze-fueled musical carnival, all rolled into one strip.  Come nightfall, “Nashvegas” fills with roving packs of women donning sashes, cowgirl boots, and hats. Many of the bar-venues boast a loose celebrity tie-in, from Justin Timberlake’s Twelve Thirty Club to Jimmy Buffet’s Margaritaville to Kid Rock’s thunderous, multistory Big A** Honky Tonk Rock N’ Roll Steakhouse. The lines are long, the cab drivers …  ( 14 min )
    World of Maps in Ottawa, Ontario
    "Who even buys maps anymore? Everyone has phones!" Lots of people, it turns out. Opened in the fall of 1994, this oddity in Ottawa's Wellington West shopping district has been helping adventurers not die while doing awesome (dangerous, fantastic) things for almost 30 years. Long enough, in fact, to be one of the first small businesses in Ottawa to have an online presence. World of Maps supplies travelers and curious minds with early cartographic facsimiles, maps of the Milky Way galaxy, and even a flat-earth map for those always questioning reality. A sliding wall showcases the most popular maps for easy perusing. Maps aren't the only treasures to find inside. Shelves are teeming with books on niche topics like ink-making, foraging, and how to read the night sky, while funky globes spin and illuminate the shop beside old-style navigational tools like compasses, sextants, and "the eye of time." Even professionals can find something inside, with air and nautical charts, logbooks, and topographic maps. Really just a great place to get lost in.  ( 12 min )
    Green Mosque of Kruszyniany in Kruszyniany, Poland
    Deep in the far east of Catholic Poland are two historically Muslim villages with histories dating back to the Middle Ages. Kruszyniany and its smaller sister village, Bohoniki, are the last Polish villages still inhabited by the Lipka Tatars, a Muslim Turkic people who originally came to Europe in the 1200s. The Tatars joined the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in every major military campaign of the time, notably the Battle of Grunwald in 1410, and as a reward for their loyalty, the Tatars were granted the right to settle in eastern Poland. Over the centuries, the Tatars adopted the Polish language and integrated into Polish society while maintaining their distinct religious and cultural identity. Despite their religious differences with the Polish state, they were considered full citizens who had earned their place in Polish society on the battlefield. After World War II, however, the resulting border shifts in Eastern Europe resulted in these Tatar communities being splintered between Poland, Lithuania, and Belarus, with only the villages of Kruszyniany and Bohoniki remaining within Polish borders. Today, Kruszyniany is the center of Poland's original Tatar community, and its modest yet impressive Green Mosque attracts visitors from all over the country who are interested in learning more about Poland's Muslim minority. The mosque is maintained by descendants of the original Lipka Tatars who are enthusiastic about sharing their unique history and culture with their fellow Poles and with the rest of the world. Across the street is also a restaurant (Tatarska Jurta) serving traditional Tatar cuisine with English- and Polish-language descriptions of Tatar dishes. Kruszyniany's smaller sister village of Bohoniki, about 30km to the north, also boasts a traditional wooden mosque maintained by Tatar-descended locals who are happy to explain their history and religious customs to curious visitors.  ( 13 min )
    Watch the Beehive Cluster and Venus Dance in the Night Sky
    Most denizens of the summer night sky are easy to find: There’s the bright stars Vega and Arcturus, the constellation Cygnus the Swan, the Big Dipper. But one of my favorites is a little harder to see, and worth the effort and the small amount of equipment you’ll need to do it. The Beehive Cluster, also known as M44, is as much a harbinger of summer as the sound of wind chimes and katydid calls. This week, the Beehive is joined by the planet Venus, shining bright in the western sky after sunset. The pairing is a great introduction to celestial companions you might not otherwise see—and to some equipment you might want for the rest of your summer stargazing. The Beehive Cluster is found in the constellation Cancer the Crab, in its “chest,” according to Ptolemy. It is also known as Praes…  ( 21 min )
    ‘Dénicheur d’Oursons’ in Paris, France
    The Botanical Gardens of Paris are full of meticulously sculpted but ominous statues, such as that of the lion devouring a child. Created by the same sculptor or animalier, Emmanuel Frémiet, Dénicheur d’Oursons is another, and perhaps even more brutal example of this trend. At first glance, it seems like a heroic statue of a mostly-naked huntsman wrestling with a ferocious bear in an almost Herculean manner, but if you look closer at it, you’ll notice a grotesque trophy hanging from the hunter’s belt: a dead cub. Once it’s been noticed, the implication is clear. The human invader murdered the mother bear’s little baby, and she is attacking the man in fury. The huntsman has stabbed the bear in the neck, but it does not seem to stop the maddened animal. The strength put into its bearhug is deadly—and the "cub snatcher" hangs loose in its arms, facing the same fate he forced the poor child into. It's all very realistic despite its dramatic nature, from the man's musculature to the bear's furious fur.  ( 12 min )
    Labyrinth at Womanspace in Rockford, Illinois
    Labyrinths have a history stretching back more than 4,000 years in various cultures. Christianity appropriated the symbol around 324, when the first known labyrinth appeared in a cathedral in Algeria. The intricate designs, which vary from church to church, are thought to represent an internal pilgrimage. The Womanspace labyrinth and gardens are free and open to the public daily during daylight hours. The 11-circuit design is modeled after the Chartres Cathedral labyrinth in France. Its many turns reflect the journey of life, with its change and transition, rites of passage, and cycles of nature. Visitors are encouraged to embark on their own meditative journey by walking at their own pace.  ( 12 min )
    Blackstone Chair in Glasgow, Scotland
    People familiar with J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone might recognize the concept behind Glasgow University's Blackstone Chair. The current chair, which is part of the university's Hunterian Museum collection, dates from the late 18th century. Its origins are thought to be much earlier though, dating back to the institution's inception in 1451. The chair was used as a way to test the educational proficiency of its pupils. Like the Sorting Hat in the Harry Potter series, students were required to sit in the chair while they were tested on their knowledge of a particular subject. The Blackstone Chair was made in 1775-6 and contains a piece of polished black dolerite, from which it gets its name. In order to graduate from the premiere Scottish university, students …  ( 13 min )
    Podcast: Reed College Reactor
    Listen and subscribe on Stitcher, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all major podcast apps. In this episode of The Atlas Obscura Podcast, we visit the world's only nuclear reactor operated by liberal arts undergraduates. Our podcast is an audio guide to the world’s wondrous, awe-inspiring, strange places. In under 15 minutes, we’ll take you to an incredible site, and along the way you’ll meet some fascinating people and hear their stories. Join us daily, Monday through Thursday, to explore a new wonder with cofounder Dylan Thuras and a neighborhood of Atlas Obscura reporters.  ( 12 min )
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    The Economist is hiring a political data scientist to do election modeling!
    Dan Rosenheck writes: Our data-journalism team conducts original quantitative research, deploying cutting-edge statistical methods to ask and answer important, relevant questions about politics, economics and society. We are looking to hire a full-time political data scientist. . . . The … Continue reading →  ( 9 min )
    Scientific software research faculty award
    Simons Foundation (the parent institution of Flatiron Institute, where I work) has just announced grants to support professors working on scientific software, with a plan to support 6 new fellows per year. From the call for proposals: A Scientific Software … Continue reading →  ( 9 min )
    Explaining the horribly wasteful U.S. heath care system as a combination of rich-countries-spend-more-on-health-care and diminishing-returns-to-health-care-spending
    tl;dr. A document saying it opposes the conventional wisdom on U.S. health care spending actually, in my view, supports the conventional wisdom on U.S. health care spending. The conventional wisdom (which I agree with) The conventional wisdom is that Americans … Continue reading →  ( 22 min )
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    Im upset to see teens on Tiktok and other referring to their pets as "Slave". Due to historical precedent it is gross to do this. It is icky
    Im upset to see teens on Tiktok and other referring to their pets as "Slave". Due to historical precedent it is gross to do this. It is icky  ( 1 min )
    Only the penis and vagina are to be considered "Genitals" . The Testicles and ass hole are not genitals, they are different from that.
    Only the penis and vagina are to be considered "Genitals" . The Testicles and ass hole are not genitals, they are different from that.  ( 1 min )
    if you see any one masturbating to my posts please inform me so that I can remove the post and increase the terror alert level by 1
    if you see any one masturbating to my posts please inform me so that I can remove the post and increase the terror alert level by 1  ( 1 min )
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    RT by @ground_guru: Will play a part for sure! How big a role can it play and will it be the same for all clubs?
    Will play a part for sure! How big a role can it play and will it be the same for all clubs? nitter.net/ground_guru/status/1668642941387132929#m
    RT by @ground_guru: Another significant development in the post-Brexit football recruitment landscape. Essentially gives clubs 2-4 overseas wildcards every season. The EQP aspect feels like a gamble from the FA, who had some rare power over the PL with this as English football's governing body.
    Another significant development in the post-Brexit football recruitment landscape. Essentially gives clubs 2-4 overseas wildcards every season. The EQP aspect feels like a gamble from the FA, who had some rare power over the PL with this as English football's governing body. nitter.net/martynziegler/status/1668999280697257984#m
    RT by @ground_guru: This is big news for #NCFC and English football generally. Will open up the market again for clubs - Norwich will now be able to sign four players outside GBE Criteria - those who fall outside the points limit. Interesting to see if this impacts their recruitment this window.
    This is big news for #NCFC and English football generally. nitter.net/FA/status/1668997512680681481#m
    Dean Rastrick will be joining his former Spurs colleague John McDermott at the FA. Official announcement imminent.
    Dean Rastrick will be joining his former Spurs colleague John McDermott at the FA. Official announcement imminent. nitter.net/ground_guru/status/1668944693684580356#m
    You could see that in the right system/ with a club that’s clear on their game model and how he fits, Havertz would be a huge asset
    You could see that in the right system/ with a club that’s clear on their game model and how he fits, Havertz would be a huge asset nitter.net/NizaarKinsella/status/1668988876344500224#m
    RT by @ground_guru: 🚨 CLOSES TOMORROW! Positional Analysts @NUFC "You will provide video analysis and occasional live game analysis for potential target players, with a focus on outfield positions." #NUFC https://trainingground.guru/jobs-listings/positional-analyst
    🚨 CLOSES TOMORROW! @NUFC #NUFC trainingground.guru/jobs-lis…
    RT by @ground_guru: 📽️⚽ ¡Así juega @BellinghamJude! ✨ #HeyJude
    📽️⚽ ¡Así juega @BellinghamJude! ✨ #HeyJude
    Not a bad piece this - by @smarterscout, from May 2020 'Jude Bellingham: Europe's best 16-year-old' 🔗https://trainingground.guru/articles/jude-bellingham-europes-best-16-year-old
    Not a bad piece this - by @smarterscout, from May 2020 trainingground.guru/articles…
    One of the longest-serving Academy Managers in England. Big exit from Tottenham. 👇👇👇
    One of the longest-serving Academy Managers in England. Big exit from Tottenham. nitter.net/ground_guru/status/1668944693684580356#m
    Academy Manager Dean Rastrick has left @SpursOfficial after 13 years “to pursue new challenges and opportunities.” #THFC https://trainingground.guru/articles/academy-manager-rastrick-leaves-tottenham-after-13-years
    Academy Manager Dean Rastrick has left @SpursOfficial after 13 years “to pursue new challenges and opportunities.” #THFC trainingground.guru/articles…
    “Significantly, Norwich remain wedded to the role of the Sporting Director and Webber himself will be involved in the process of finding his replacement.”
    “Significantly, Norwich remain wedded to the role of the Sporting Director and Webber himself will be involved in the process of finding his replacement.” nitter.net/ground_guru/status/1668903241218682880#m
    RT by @ground_guru: ‘Almost a quarter (24%) of Norwich’s first-team minutes over the last six seasons have been from Academy players’ usual good read from @ground_guru
    ‘Almost a quarter (24%) of Norwich’s first-team minutes over the last six seasons have been from Academy players’ usual good read from @ground_guru nitter.net/ground_guru/status/1668903241218682880#m
    "You can talk about elite environments, but a gym which is a fifth of the size it needs to be in a conservatory with a mucky roof sort of contradicts that.” Stuart Webber, 2017 #NCFC https://trainingground.guru/articles/evaluating-stuart-webbers-six-years-at-norwich-city
    "You can talk about elite environments, but a gym which is a fifth of the size it needs to be in a conservatory with a mucky roof sort of contradicts that.” #NCFC trainingground.guru/articles…
    RT by @ground_guru: Evaluating Stuart Webber's 6 years at Norwich City "Few Sporting Directors in England have had such a level of freedom and power; few have been so prominent or attracted as much attention." #NCFC https://trainingground.guru/articles/evaluating-stuart-webbers-six-years-at-norwich-city
    Evaluating Stuart Webber's 6 years at Norwich City #NCFC trainingground.guru/articles…
    RT by @ground_guru: Following a recent audit, #SAFC's Academy has retained it's Category One status 👏 🎓 @AcademyOfLight
    Following a recent audit, #SAFC's Academy has retained it's Category One status 👏 @AcademyOfLight
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    Learnings and Reflection from Case Studies: What is Next for the R Validation Hub?
    Join us for an update from the R Consortium’s R Validation Hub, which supports the use of R within regulated industries. The community meeting will be on June 27, 12... Continue reading: Learnings and Reflection from Case Studies: What is Next for the R Validation Hub?  ( 8 min )
    Use of R for Meta-Research in Zürich
    The R Consortium recently talked to Rachel Heyard of the Zürich R User Group to discuss the vibrant R community in Zürich. The group collaborates with different companies in Zürich... Continue reading: Use of R for Meta-Research in Zürich  ( 15 min )
    Introduction to Supervised Text Classification in R workshop
    Learn how to use supervised text classification in R! Join our workshop on Introduction to Supervised Text Classification in R which is a part of our workshops for Ukraine series.  Here’s some more info:  Title: Introduction to Supervised Text Classification in R Date: Thursday, July 13th, 18:00 – 20:00 CEST (Rome, Berlin, ... Continue reading: Introduction to Supervised Text Classification in R workshop  ( 11 min )
    Pulling a formula from a recipe object
    Introduction Continue reading: Pulling a formula from a recipe object  ( 13 min )
    rOpenSci’s Communication Channels for Safe and Friendly Exchange
    As we anticipated in November 2022 the changes implemented by Twitter have generated a less safe and friendly space for our community. That is why from June 2023, we will stop interacting on this platform. We will maintain the account in hopes that we... Continue reading: rOpenSci’s Communication Channels for Safe and Friendly Exchange  ( 10 min )
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    Regional Banks Don’t Feel Loved
    Also oil capex, SAFU funds and Twitter spam bots.  ( 2 min )
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    What should I ask Lazarus Lake?
    Yes, ultra-marathons, here is Wikipedia: Gary Cantrell, known as Lazarus “Laz” Lake, is an endurance race designer and director. His races include the Barkley Marathons, Big’s Backyard Ultra, the Barkley Fall Classic, Vol State 500K, A Race for the Ages, the Last Annual Heart of the South, and the Strolling Jim 40. In 2018, Lake covered the United States on foot, starting […] The post What should I ask Lazarus Lake? appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments In reply to Stan Sitwell. Athletic performances do not ... by Kieran In reply to Letsrun Troll. Follow up question: Why has there ... by Letsrun troll In reply to Pshrnk. Related, I think: Lynne Cox has held a ... by FG In reply to Anin. All sports are like that. If you're born ... by gardel Why do people get upset at the physical dangers of football and ... by Maxwell Silver Hammer Plus 10 more...
    Wednesday assorted links
    1. The gender gap in commercializing science. 2. YIMBY for Anchorage? 3. Jon Hartley is launching a de-dollarization facts website. 4. AI experimental church service in Germany, at least the first one drew a crowd. 5. Kenyan Luddites. 6. Claims about minimum wage and homelessness.  I’ll say it again: the results on this question are […] The post Wednesday assorted links appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments In reply to Blue Jay. Is garbage service really that ... by rsm In reply to Halle Lula. If there's garbage pick-up, what's ... by rsm In reply to Owen. I'm not even sure how this would work. The ... by Anti-Gnostic In reply to yo. Well sure, but the US Army is high tech and ... by JWatts In reply to Student. Nah. I'll just move to a place pricey ... by Anti-Gnostic Plus 10 more...
    Nigeria floats its exchange rate
    Nigeria has officially floated its naira currency after years of sticking with a hard peg that spooked investors and drained dollars from the economy. The development means buyers and sellers of foreign currency in the official FX market are now allowed to quote rates they find comfortable in the FX market, as against previous practice […] The post Nigeria floats its exchange rate appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/exclusive-42percent-of-ceos... by Antony T Just want I wanted to be delivered – a post about Nigeria ... by Antony T In reply to rayward. I'm somewhat skeptical of the point you ... by Deji In reply to cornpopsrustyrazor. It is not even close to over ... by Ummm... In reply to Test. But we have always been at war with … ... by God of Thunder Plus 9 more... Related Stories Mark Zandi on changing odds of recession GDP and temperature shocks Germany poll fact of the day
    GDP and temperature shocks
    This is perhaps a not entirely welcome result: We use local projections to estimate the cross-country distribution of real GDP per capita growth impulse responses to global and idiosyncratic temperature shocks. Negative growth responses to global temperature at longer horizons are found for all Group of Seven countries while positive responses are found for seven […] The post GDP and temperature shocks appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments In reply to The truth is warming is mostly good. Plants (and ... by yo In reply to The truth is warming is mostly good. the truth is ... by Lee A. Arnold In reply to Rebes. Bad news is Dansgaard-Oeschger events, ... by Lee A. Arnold In reply to Chimela Caesar. However, I need to clarify that ... by Chimela Caesar In reply to DF. It’s not correct. It doesn’t match the ... by sxb Plus 10 more... Related Stories Free Formatting For All on First Submission! The Poop Detective How the Russian Revolution boosted Marx’s influence
    Germany poll fact of the day
    In Germany, the far-right party Alternative for Germany (AfD) party is gaining popularity, with a recent poll putting it in second place – ahead of Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s SPD. A YouGov poll published on Friday (9 June) found that 20% of German voters would give their vote to the far-right AfD, making it the second-strongest […] The post Germany poll fact of the day appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments In reply to Ricardo. The Gulag Archipelago, the Holodomor, ... by Anti-Gnostic In reply to Anti-Gnostic. Whatever you might say about Prior, ... by Yancey Ward In reply to B.B.. Don't do well? Döner is the only food I ... by kwazii One thing you can count on is this- when AfD crosses the 30% ... by Yancey Ward Both the SPD and CDU have lost left and right halves ... by Yancey Ward Plus 10 more... Related Stories The new public library? Mark Zandi on changing odds of recession The nuclear polity that is Georgia
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    Homemade Labaneh
    A Middle Eastern staple, this strained and lightly salted yogurt is often served at breakfast or as a snack drizzled with olive oil, sprinkled with za’atar, and scooped up with pita bread.  ( 17 min )
    Baste, Serve, Spread, Sauce, Scoop—What Can’t A Sauce Spoon Do?
    Sauce spoons are kitchen multitaskers that are great for swirling, spreading, basting, and, yes, saucing.  ( 16 min )
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    Climate Change Has Made California's Wildfires Five Times Bigger
    New research finds that the area burned by wildfires during summer in California has increased fivefold since 1971 because of more arid conditions caused by climate change
    A New Therapy for Multiple Personality Disorder Helps a Woman with 12 Selves
    Therapy for dissociative identity disorder has aimed to meld many personalities into one. But that’s not the only solution, a caring therapist shows
    AI Chatbots Could Help Provide Therapy, but Caution Is Needed
    Therapy apps are incorporating AI programs such as ChatGPT. But such programs could provide unvetted or harmful feedback if they’re not well regulated
    This Ancient Language Has the Only Grammar Based Entirely on the Human Body
    An endangered language family suggests that early humans used their bodies as a model for reality
    AI Promises Humanity One Last Job. Helping AI Help Humanity
    With AI threatening to overtake the world of work, at least one pretty good job will always be in demand
    How to Protect Yourself from Ticks and the Dangerous Diseases They Spread
    Experts explain why tick-borne illnesses are increasing in the U.S. and offer tips to prevent bites
    Can You Change Your Metabolism?
    Though you might not be able to significantly rev up your metabolism, there are ways to boost the energy your body burns while doing nothing
    Cleo, the Mysterious Math Menace
    In 2013 a new user named Cleo took an online math forum by storm with unproved answers. Today she’s an urban legend. But who was she?
    A New English Dialect Is Emerging in South Florida, Linguists Say
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    The Wedderburn--Artin Theorem
    We can generalize the Wedderburn--Artin theorem from rings to rigs.  ( 6 min )
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    The Wedderburn--Artin Theorem
    We can generalize the Wedderburn--Artin theorem from rings to rigs.  ( 6 min )
    Emerging From the Writing Cave
    I have just submitted a book, entitled Waves in an Impossible Sea, to my publisher, Basic Books (a trade press well known for Gödel, Escher, Bach, as well as numerous other science and math titles.) If all goes smoothly, it will go on sale in March 2024 or thereabouts. Now that it is mostly done, ... Read more  ( 15 min )
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    RT by @ZoubinGhahrama1: We've been shipping NeRFs to Google Maps for a few months now. As of this morning, you can read about how we do it: https://ai.googleblog.com/2023/06/reconstructing-indoor-spaces-with-nerf.html
    We've been shipping NeRFs to Google Maps for a few months now. As of this morning, you can read about how we do it: ai.googleblog.com/2023/06/re…
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    I also think it's a mistake to frame the other Republican candidates as "taking on Trump." These are ambitious politicians who are running because they want to be president themselves, not because they are motivated to save the party or country from Trump
    I also think it's a mistake to frame the other Republican candidates as "taking on Trump." These are ambitious politicians who are running because they want to be president themselves, not because they are motivated to save the party or country from Trump nitter.net/BenjySarlin/status/1669008410967175171#m
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    All 14 Spider-Man Movies Ranked From Worst To Best
    Ever since making his comic-book debut on 5 June 1962, Marvel Comics’ Spider-Man has been part of the American zeitgeist and a big-screen mainstay that has swung his way into our hearts through various cinematic incarnations and studio reboots. From Nicholas Hammond to Tobey Maguire, Andrew Garfield, and Tom Holland, each actor brought a new […]  ( 9 min )
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    "Tortured syllables"?
    "Language change (about to be?) in progress" (6/12/2023) linked to media commentary on divergent features of Northeast Philadelphia speech, e.g. "Side effect of the highway collapse: A perfect example of Northeast Philly hoagiemouth", Billy Penn 6/11/2-23. Some of the characterization was extremely evaluative: Philadelphians have perfected torturing vowels like medieval Europe perfected torturing people. Every […]  ( 10 min )
    Indigenous languages of Taiwan
    How many are there? Taiwan’s unrecognized indigenous tribes are reviving dead languages to achieve recognition There are currently 16 officially recognized indigenous peoples in Taiwan. The Pingpu — which comprise 10 groups on the island’s lowlands — are lobbying to make that number 17, and they’re doing it by reviving lost languages and culture. By […]  ( 15 min )
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    Though it’s hard to get transparent data, @ryanlcooper’s calculations suggest Tesla’s self-driving cars have at least a 10x higher fatality rate than human drivers. https://prospect.org/justice/06-13-2023-elon-musk-tesla-self-driving-bloodbath/
    Though it’s hard to get transparent data, @ryanlcooper’s calculations suggest Tesla’s self-driving cars have at least a 10x higher fatality rate than human drivers. prospect.org/justice/06-13-2…
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    mixt.links 06-14-23
    Cyberpunk Radio 📌 research.newlife.io 📌 Kera Desktop Gourdlets 📌 End of the Internet 📌  ( 1 min )
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    Do Women Really Make Up 80 Percent of All Climate Migrants?
    It is an alarming and evocative statistic: An estimated 80 percent of climate migrants are women. The number is frequently cited by activists, policymakers, and the media, but its origins are murky. A close look at the available evidence suggests it stands on shaky scientific ground.  ( 13 min )
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    The Canal Papers
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    Making Plans
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    Labor productivity down 1.2 percent in wholesale trade and 0.4 percent in retail trade in 2022 https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2023/labor-productivity-down-1-2-percent-in-wholesale-trade-and-0-4-percent-in-retail-trade-in-2022.htm #BLSdata
    Labor productivity down 1.2 percent in wholesale trade and 0.4 percent in retail trade in 2022 bls.gov/opub/ted/2023/labor-… #BLSdata
    Labor productivity down 1.2 percent in wholesale trade and 0.4 percent in retail trade in 2022 https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2023/labor-productivity-down-1-2-percent-in-wholesale-trade-and-0-4-percent-in-retail-trade-in-2022.htm #BLSdata
    Labor productivity down 1.2 percent in wholesale trade and 0.4 percent in retail trade in 2022 bls.gov/opub/ted/2023/labor-… #BLSdata
    See our interactive graphics on today’s new Consumer Price Index data https://www.bls.gov/charts/consumer-price-index/ #CPI #BLSdata #DataViz
    See our interactive graphics on today’s new Consumer Price Index data bls.gov/charts/consumer-pric… #CPI #BLSdata #DataViz
    Real average hourly earnings for all employees increase 0.3% in May https://www.bls.gov/news.release/realer.nr0.htm #RealEarnings #BLSdata
    Real average hourly earnings for all employees increase 0.3% in May bls.gov/news.release/realer.… #RealEarnings #BLSdata
    CPI for all items rises 0.1% in May; shelter and used cars and trucks up https://www.bls.gov/news.release/cpi.nr0.htm#CPI #BLSdata
    CPI for all items rises 0.1% in May; shelter and used cars and trucks up bls.gov/news.release/cpi.nr0… #BLSdata
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    Crispy chunks of deep-fried battered chicken in a sweet, sour, and savory glaze packed with sesame flavor. The Chinese take-out classic, made in your own kitchen. https://www.seriouseats.com/the-best-chinese-sesame-chicken-recipe?taid=6488f4f5f695830001bd3b86&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    Crispy chunks of deep-fried battered chicken in a sweet, sour, and savory glaze packed with sesame flavor. The Chinese take-out classic, made in your own kitchen. seriouseats.com/the-best-chi…
    Tomie dePaola’s book is full of chaos, bad pasta, and mixed-up lessons about doing the right thing. https://www.seriouseats.com/why-i-hate-strega-nona?taid=6488e6e7f695830001bd3743&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    Tomie dePaola’s book is full of chaos, bad pasta, and mixed-up lessons about doing the right thing. seriouseats.com/why-i-hate-s…
    Vodka's volatility, plus the way its high alcohol content inhibits gluten development, makes it ideal for using in fry batters. https://www.seriouseats.com/use-vodka-for-crispier-fried-food?taid=6488d8e1c541b500015e4c85&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    Vodka's volatility, plus the way its high alcohol content inhibits gluten development, makes it ideal for using in fry batters. seriouseats.com/use-vodka-fo…
    Cooking rice in the microwave doesn’t take any less time, but it's convenient for other reasons: It saves valuable space on your stovetop when you need just one or two portions of rice, and it cuts down on cleanup. https://www.seriouseats.com/how-to-steam-rice-in-a-microwave?taid=6488bcdae20af40001120e3d&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    Cooking rice in the microwave doesn’t take any less time, but it's convenient for other reasons: It saves valuable space on your stovetop when you need just one or two portions of rice, and it cuts down on cleanup. seriouseats.com/how-to-steam…
    We went through our equipment reviews to find the best Breville products, including our favorite espresso machine and air fryer toaster oven. https://www.seriouseats.com/best-breville-products-7499333?taid=6488aebb323d3900010915d5&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    We went through our equipment reviews to find the best Breville products, including our favorite espresso machine and air fryer toaster oven. seriouseats.com/best-brevill…
    To pack your favorite cookie recipe with optimal flavor and texture, try a mix-and-match approach to chocolate chips. https://www.seriouseats.com/the-best-supermarket-chocolate-chips?taid=6488a0bac541b500015e3a7f&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    To pack your favorite cookie recipe with optimal flavor and texture, try a mix-and-match approach to chocolate chips. seriouseats.com/the-best-sup…
    Cooking down whole yellow mustard seeds in seasoned vinegar simultaneously plumps them up and tames their intense burn, for a condiment or garnish that's sweet, briny, and mildly hot. https://www.seriouseats.com/pickled-mustard-seeds?taid=6488848801ec220001c2ff14&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    Cooking down whole yellow mustard seeds in seasoned vinegar simultaneously plumps them up and tames their intense burn, for a condiment or garnish that's sweet, briny, and mildly hot. seriouseats.com/pickled-must…
    We’ve tested a variety of knife storage options and can safely say the Jonathan Alden magnetic knife strip is one of our favorite ways to store blades. https://www.seriouseats.com/jonathan-alden-magnetic-knife-strip-review-7500331?taid=6488766ac541b500015e2b53&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    We’ve tested a variety of knife storage options and can safely say the Jonathan Alden magnetic knife strip is one of our favorite ways to store blades. seriouseats.com/jonathan-ald…
    Lightly sweet and floral blueberries are blended with rich Greek yogurt in these flavor-packed frozen pops. https://www.seriouseats.com/blueberry-yogurt-popsicles?taid=6487bf9901ec220001c2c157&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    Lightly sweet and floral blueberries are blended with rich Greek yogurt in these flavor-packed frozen pops. seriouseats.com/blueberry-yo…
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    Fat-like compounds in ancient rocks point to a vast array of previously unknown microbes that once dominated complex life on Earth https://trib.al/5GMtY1v
    Fat-like compounds in ancient rocks point to a vast array of previously unknown microbes that once dominated complex life on Earth trib.al/5GMtY1v
    To learn how to choose a secure password, you need to understand how hackers do their work. https://trib.al/iN6txa8
    To learn how to choose a secure password, you need to understand how hackers do their work. trib.al/iN6txa8
    Hurricane forecasters are debuting a new model they hope will better predict when some storms will suddenly and explosively intensify https://trib.al/LnahQD2
    Hurricane forecasters are debuting a new model they hope will better predict when some storms will suddenly and explosively intensify trib.al/LnahQD2
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    astrostat webinar [IAU-IAA]
    Next Tuesday, June 13, at 16:00 UTC, I am giving a talk on inferring the number of components in a mixture at the international online IAU-IAA Astrostats and Astroinfo seminar. As pointed out by my Cornell friend Tom Loredo, it is unfortunately clashing with the ISI quadrenial Statistical Challenges in Modern Astronomy meeting help at […]  ( 6 min )
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    astrostat webinar [IAU-IAA]
    Next Tuesday, June 13, at 16:00 UTC, I am giving a talk on inferring the number of components in a mixture at the international online IAU-IAA Astrostats and Astroinfo seminar. As pointed out by my Cornell friend Tom Loredo, it is unfortunately clashing with the ISI quadrenial Statistical Challenges in Modern Astronomy meeting help at […]  ( 6 min )
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    RT by @ground_guru: Evaluating Stuart Webber's six years at Norwich City #NCFC https://trainingground.guru/articles/evaluating-stuart-webbers-six-years-at-norwich-city
    Evaluating Stuart Webber's six years at Norwich City #NCFC trainingground.guru/articles…
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    The fact that we have to post this make me sad. Where is our balance. How many things do trump have to do to show he is not what y’all think!! And it’s amazing now the people who backed him up and all his bullshit is now turning on him. They should be shown the door too they helped him do all that evil shit. THEY SHOULD NOT GET TO STAY IN OFFICE.
    The fact that we have to post this make me sad. Where is our balance. How many things do trump have to do to show he is not what y’all think!! And it’s amazing now the people who backed him up and all his bullshit is now turning on him. They should be shown the door too they helped him do all that evil shit. THEY SHOULD NOT GET TO STAY IN OFFICE.
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    French chemist Louis Pasteur thought magnetic fields might somehow explain “homochirality,” but its origin has remained one of biology’s great mysteries. Now, it turns out Pasteur may have been onto something. https://scim.ag/2ZH
    French chemist Louis Pasteur thought magnetic fields might somehow explain “homochirality,” but its origin has remained one of biology’s great mysteries. scim.ag/2ZH
    RT by @NewsfromScience: Segregation doubled the odds of some Black children dying in U.S. cities 100 years ago. New research by @BeahboutIT and @jdavidhacker612 shows structural racism in the 1900s harmed Black health in ways still being felt today. Me for @NewsfromScience https://www.science.org/content/article/segregation-doubled-odds-some-black-children-dying-u-s-cities-100-years-ago
    Segregation doubled the odds of some Black children dying in U.S. cities 100 years ago. New research by @BeahboutIT and @jdavidhacker612 shows structural racism in the 1900s harmed Black health in ways still being felt today. Me for @NewsfromScience science.org/content/article/…
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    Hey Writers: Don’t Watch ‘Limitless’
    This (obviously) awesome movie has a terrible message for creatives Continue reading on The Writing Cooperative »  ( 9 min )
    7 Ways To Write Killer Content (When You’re Out Of Ideas)
    You can write fresh content even when you’re out of fresh insights Continue reading on The Writing Cooperative »  ( 13 min )
    If You Can't Sell, Your Book Will Flop
    4 tips to promote your book Continue reading on The Writing Cooperative »  ( 12 min )
    The Problem With Creative Entitlement
    Continue reading on The Writing Cooperative »  ( 10 min )
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    Unlike some other spiders that camouflage themselves with drab colors and sticklike appendages, this jumping spider disguises itself by crawling like an ant. Learn more: https://scim.ag/2ZF @NewsfromScience
    Unlike some other spiders that camouflage themselves with drab colors and sticklike appendages, this jumping spider disguises itself by crawling like an ant. scim.ag/2ZF @NewsfromScience
    New studies in Science & @SciImmunology spotlight a group of intestinal T cells with α4β7 integrin receptors that could be targeted to prevent resistance to immune checkpoint blockade #cancer immunotherapy. https://scim.ag/2ZC https://scim.ag/2ZD https://scim.ag/2ZB
    New studies in Science & @SciImmunology spotlight a group of intestinal T cells with α4β7 integrin receptors that could be targeted to prevent resistance to immune checkpoint blockade #cancer immunotherapy. scim.ag/2ZC scim.ag/2ZD scim.ag/2ZB
    RT by @ScienceMagazine: This week’s issue of #ScienceSignaling has arrived!  Research in rodents suggests that the lungs help protect other organs from #SARSCoV2 infections, scientists explore how the conformation of a kinase shapes its substrate specificity, and more. https://scim.ag/2Zv
    This week’s issue of #ScienceSignaling has arrived!  #SARSCoV2 infections, scientists explore how the conformation of a kinase shapes its substrate specificity, and more. scim.ag/2Zv
    An ingestible capsule is capable of modulating the hunger-regulating hormone, ghrelin, by electrical stimulation of the gastric mucosa in pigs. @SciRobotics https://scim.ag/2Zs
    An ingestible capsule is capable of modulating the hunger-regulating hormone, ghrelin, by electrical stimulation of the gastric mucosa in pigs. @SciRobotics scim.ag/2Zs
    A lack of credibility in climate policy leaves the world at high risk for missing global #climate targets, argues a new #SciencePolicyForum. https://scim.ag/2Zr
    A lack of credibility in climate policy leaves the world at high risk for missing global #climate targets, argues a new #SciencePolicyForum. scim.ag/2Zr
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    DonnaSue Bakes + Cooks in Grand Isle, Vermont
    An avid baker and native of Grand Isle, Vermont, Donna Sue Shaw started to offer homemade treats to the public from a shed in her front yard during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. It was Shaw's hope that passersby would use the shed as a place to stop and refuel as they traveled along the bike trail that traverses the island. Although she initially envisioned the bakery as a diversion, her pies were so good that it quickly became a destination in and of itself.  Shaw sources most of her ingredients locally and sells her wares on an honor system. There is no cash register, rather a paper log, Venmo QR codes, and a bird house where you can leave cash to pay for whatever you take. Along with sweet and savory pies, she sells granola, local maple syrup, cookies, scones and cakes, all made from scratch in her home kitchen.  ( 13 min )
    Doctor's Bath in Corrie, Scotland
    Dr. McCredy had this bath cut into the sandstone on the shore at Corrie on the Isle of Arran, Scotland, in 1835 to treat his patients with seawater therapy. Measuring around 12 feet long, five feet wide, and five feet deep, the Doctor’s Bath could accommodate several patients at any one time. It features a number of channels that allow the basin to fill up with seawater when the tide reached a certain level, before the water actually got as high as the bath itself.  Thalassotherapy, or seawater therapy, became popular in the 18th and 19th centuries. Swimming or wading in the ocean, seawater pools, and heated saltwater baths were common.  ( 12 min )
    Cathedral Falls in Gauley Bridge, West Virginia
    One of West Virginia’s tallest waterfalls can be found outside of Gauley Bridge, where Cane Creek drops some 60 feet over a rocky ledge of sandstone and shale. The waterfall is located just off of Highway 60, and can be seen with just a short walk from the parking area.  ( 12 min )
    Florida Bass Conservation Center in Webster, Florida
    The Florida Bass Conservation Center was established in 2005 at the site of the old 1965 Richloam Hatchery and is the major freshwater fish production hatchery in the state of Florida, restocking the entire state. A self-guided educational information center upstairs shares information on various subspecies of bass and freshwater species and includes alligator meat recipes, taxidermy, and two aquariums filled with local flora and fauna. Surrounding the site are hiking trails and stocked fishing ponds. Tours of the hatchery are free.  ( 12 min )
    Big Al’s Deli in Nashville, Tennessee
    There were times when Alphonso Anderson didn’t think his small restaurant was going to make it. At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, his business cratered. Up until that point, Big Al’s Deli had relied heavily on catering sports games, celebrations, and other events within the local community—all of which ceased overnight. “I said, we're going to have to shut down,” Anderson remembers. “We don't even make enough money to pay bills.”  Then, in a true deus ex machina moment, Anderson received a call from chef José Andrés of the non-profit World Central Kitchen. “They sent me over a calendar for a year's worth of catering,” he says. “And they asked, ‘How much of this do you want?’ I said, ‘I'll take it all.’”  Fast-forward to the present and Big Al’s Deli continues to thrive, b…  ( 13 min )
    Big Al’s Deli in Nashville, Tennessee
    There were times when Alphonso Anderson didn’t think his small restaurant was going to make it. At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, his business cratered. Up until that point, Big Al’s Deli had relied heavily on catering sports games, celebrations, and other events within the local community—all of which ceased overnight. “I said, we're going to have to shut down,” Anderson remembers. “We don't even make enough money to pay bills.”  Then, in a true deus ex machina moment, Anderson received a call from chef José Andrés of the non-profit World Central Kitchen. “They sent me over a calendar for a year's worth of catering,” he says. “And they asked, ‘How much of this do you want?’ I said, ‘I'll take it all.’”  Fast-forward to the present and Big Al’s Deli continues to thrive, b…  ( 13 min )
    Mortimer in Mortimer, North Carolina
    Mortimer, North Carolina, was once a mill town for the Ritter Lumber Company. The town’s construction began in 1904, but a flood of Wilson Creek in 1940 ruined the town and prompted the residents to leave. It is reported that U.S. President Teddy Roosevelt once stayed at the Lauren Inn in the town. Today, the foundations of several buildings and some machinery from the mill can be explored freely by visitors.  ( 12 min )
    The Tallest Tree in Europe in Coimbra, Portugal
    Hidden away in the Vale de Canas near Coimbra, yet fully accessible to the public, stands Europe's tallest tree. This Eucalyptus diversicolor was planted in 1895 and survived devastating fires in 2005. It stands at 72 meters (236 feet)—taller than the Leaning Tower of Pisa! It's worth noting that right next to "Karri Knight" stands the tallest Bunya Pine (Araucaria bidwillii) in the world, overshadowed by its neighbor.  ( 12 min )
    Cafesjian Center for the Arts in Yerevan, Armenia
    A huge staircase, surrounded by sculptures, hides the entrance to the modern art gallery on each mezzanine. In the outer part, full of greenery, one can just sit and enjoy the view of Yerevan and Mount Ararat.  The gallery was designed by architects Jim Torosyan, Aslan Mkhitaryan, and Sargis Gurzadyanand. The first part was built in 1971-1980, the second in 2002, and additional elements are still in process. In front of the gallery is a cozy park with statues, where you can just sit and enjoy the art around you or visit one of many cafés around this magicial place.  ( 12 min )
    Swampy the Alligator in Christmas, Florida
    Swampy may serve as an office for a simple roadside zoo, but his construction is anything but simple. Located in the census-designated place of Christmas, Florida, too small to be a town, Swampy shares his home with the post office many children send their letters to Santa, and a park commemorating the Seminole wars of Florida. It is unexpected to be driving down a rural, jungle-backdropped state road, and suddenly happen upon the world's largest alligator-shaped building. But there he exists, sitting unchallenged for decades.  ( 12 min )
    Theatro Municipal de São Paulo in São Paulo, Brazil
    The Theatro Municipal de São Paulo, or the Municipal Theater of São Paulo, is located in the city center of Brazil's largest city. In the early 20th century, the elites of São Paulo wanted a venue to welcome the greatest performers of the day, from opera sopranos to ballet dancers. The Theater was, and still is, one of the main architectural and cultural landmarks in the city. Construction on the building began in 1903 and its design was largely inspired by the Opera Garnier in Paris. Architect Ramos de Azevedo designed the massive theater with the help of Italian architects Cláudio Rossi and Domiziano Rossi. The theater eventually opened eight years later in 1911, and today is located in the city center, next to the Anhangabaú Valley. Over the years, some of the 20th century's most re…  ( 13 min )
    Puig de Molins Necropolis in Eivissa, Spain
    The Phoenicians founded the city of Ibiza in the 7th century B.C. in modern-day Spain. Later, the Carthaginians made the island their base of operations for the conquest of ancient Hispania. Both the Phoenicians and Carthaginians buried their dead in places not far from their settlements. So while the walled city of the living grew,  today known as Dalt Vila, some 550 yards away on the nearby hill of Puig des Molins, the city's necropolis also grew. The name Puig des Molins can be loosely translated to "Windmill Hill," so called because windmills covered the hill as far back as the 15th century. Today, the Puig de Molins Necropolis archaeological complex is adjacent to an accompanying museum highlighting the site's history. The necropolis is one of the largest in the Mediterranean. Estim…  ( 14 min )
    Clifton Suspension Bridge Vaults in Bristol, England
    The Clifton Suspension Bridge is one of Bristol's most recognizable landmarks, but not many of the people who walk across it don't know about the 12 vaulted chambers hidden below the Leigh Woods Tower. In 1831, the young engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel was awarded the contract to build the Clifton Suspension Bridge, intended to be the highest and longest bridge in the world. Immediately, the project was plagued by problems and was eventually abandoned altogether in 1853. Brunel died in 1859, leaving the bridge only half completed. His plans and drawings of the Leigh Woods abutment were lost, and the 12 enormous vaulted chambers inside were forgotten.  The bridge was later completed in 1864, but it wasn't until the early 21st century that the chambers were rediscovered. A builder carrying out some repairs on the bridge found the mysterious vaults in 2002. Today, the vaults are now open to visitors between April and October each year. Two of the biggest chambers can be explored as part of a guided visit, where it is possible to see stalactites almost 23 feet long and squeeze through a small passageway into an enormous cathedral-style hall with amazing echoing acoustics.  ( 13 min )
    Inside Kenya’s Women-Only Village Where Traditional Beaded Necklaces Are Symbols of Power
    Thousands of glass beads colored cobalt, orange, emerald, and inky black sit in a bowl at Judia Lalampaa’s side. With the skill of a spider spinning prey, her long fingers dart between the bowl and the metal frame on her lap, twisting each bead into place with precision and purpose. The careful construction of a mporo, a traditional beaded necklace of Kenya’s Samburu people, has begun. It’ll take her all day to complete just this one, but its jewel-like beads tell stories descended from time immemorial: those passed from mother to daughter. She has to take her time. Today Lalampaa wears several mporo necklaces from her vast personal collection, each displaying radiant hues of turquoise, green, luminous yellows, and more. “Each shade signifies something sacred to the Samburu,” she says as…  ( 20 min )
    7 Books to Inspire Your Next Nature Adventure
    Summer is here, and for many of us that means it’s time to get outside. Whether you’re a beach person who can’t wait to uncover sandy wonders, a hiker hoping to catch the last of California’s superbloom, or a gardener tending a new peanut butter fruit tree (it’s really a thing), summer invites us into nature, and encourages us to engage with the unknown. And if you’re like us, you’re probably hunting for a book to bring along on the adventure—or inspire one! Atlas Obscura has put together this list of some of our favorite nature and wilderness books to help you along. How Far the Light Reaches: A Life in Ten Sea Creatures by Sabrina Imbler A mile from the San Francisco Bay, a 13-year-old Sabrina Imbler staged a protest at a Petco. She was there on behalf of the common goldfish, deter…  ( 20 min )
    Podcast: The Greenbrier
    Listen and subscribe on Stitcher, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all major podcast apps. In this episode of The Atlas Obscura Podcast, we learn about a unique resort in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, that holds a once-secret congressional fallout shelter. Our podcast is an audio guide to the world’s wondrous, awe-inspiring, strange places. In under 15 minutes, we’ll take you to an incredible site, and along the way you’ll meet some fascinating people and hear their stories. Join us daily, Monday through Thursday, to explore a new wonder with cofounder Dylan Thuras and a neighborhood of Atlas Obscura reporters.  ( 13 min )
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    Defining the public interest in new technologies
    New online journal seeks to seeks to bring together the MIT community to discuss the social responsibilities of individuals who design, implement, and evaluate technologies.  ( 8 min )
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    In space, no one can hear you scream
    We should set ourselves the goal of doing things in space that make people here and elsewhere look up and say, “Wow, the Kiwis are doing that? That’s AWESOME!”  ( 11 min )
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    RT by @tetraduzione: We have some fantastic speakers this Sunday at the 10th Workshop on Fine-Grained Visual Categorization at @CVPR
    We have some fantastic speakers this Sunday at the 10th Workshop on Fine-Grained Visual Categorization at @CVPR nitter.net/fgvcworkshop/status/1668681561829416960#m
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    Highly cited Lancet long COVID study retracted and republished
    One of the first studies of long COVID has been retracted and replaced seven months after editors marked it with an expression of concern citing “data errors.”  The original paper, “6-month consequences of COVID-19 in patients discharged from hospital: a cohort study,” was published in The Lancet in January 2021. It was “the first large … Continue reading Highly cited Lancet long COVID study retracted and republished  ( 8 min )
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    Democrats' brutal 14D-3R gerrymander in Illinois keeps all but #IL17 off the playing field in 2024, though two other incumbents are at serious risk of being primaried. @Redistrict reports: https://www.cookpolitical.com/analysis/house/illinois-house/2024-house-race-analysis-illinois
    Democrats' brutal 14D-3R gerrymander in Illinois keeps all but #IL17 off the playing field in 2024, though two other incumbents are at serious risk of being primaried. @Redistrict reports: cookpolitical.com/analysis/h…
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    R to @steak_umm: my digital footprint precedes me
    my digital footprint precedes me  ( 1 min )
    unfortunate that if i wanted to be a politician i’d have to address my time shilling beef to the public
    unfortunate that if i wanted to be a politician i’d have to address my time shilling beef to the public  ( 1 min )
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    RT by @ZoubinGhahrama1: I'm very excited that this paper is out, it has been over 2 years in the making! I started at Google Research speeding up neural net training, but was often frustrated when we didn't know how to declare a win over Adam 🚀
    I'm very excited that this paper is out, it has been over 2 years in the making! I started at Google Research speeding up neural net training, but was often frustrated when we didn't know how to declare a win over Adam 🚀
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    Evidence of 1-Billion-Year-Old 'Lost World' of Microbes Discovered Beneath Australian Outback
    Fat-like compounds in ancient rocks point to a vast array of previously unknown microbes that once dominated complex life on Earth
    Canada's Wildfires Are a Warning of the East Coast's Smoky Future
    Ontario and Quebec could see wildfires grow more intense and frequent as a changing climate brings unusually hot and dry conditions
    Men Think They Are Strong Workplace Allies. Women Disagree
    Men and women often disagree on how much support women receive from male colleagues. The differences hurt women’s well-being at work
    Here's How Hackers Steal Your Password and How You Can Create a Safer One
    To craft a better password, first learn how people crack them
    Scientists Beam Solar Power to Earth from Space for First Time Ever
    The MAPLE experiment was able to wirelessly transfer collected solar power to receivers in space and direct energy to Earth
    At Last, Astronomers May Have Seen the Universe's First Stars
    Telltale evidence gathered by the James Webb Space Telescope suggests we’re closer than ever before to finding elusive Population III stars
    The Mystery of Australia's Paralyzed Parrots
    Rainbow lorikeets are Australia’s most abundant native bird. What is paralyzing thousands of them every year?
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    to who ever said my posts are so good they deserve to be hanged up at the walls at mcdonalds. Thank you
    to who ever said my posts are so good they deserve to be hanged up at the walls at mcdonalds. Thank you  ( 1 min )
    Bitch of Reddit: Duhh we broke our web site. Can we use yours ME: suck my Penis reddit Troll trash. Go stink up "9GAG" with your Reddit Fail
    Bitch of Reddit: Duhh we broke our web site. Can we use yours ME: suck my Penis reddit Troll trash. Go stink up "9GAG" with your Reddit Fail  ( 1 min )
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    Minneapolis to host 2024 Gymnastics Olympic Trials
    Plus: Suni Lee's return to competition; Minnesota invests in child tax credit; Pizza Luce sued over pay; and more.  ( 6 min )
    Minnesota legalizes recreational marijuana, but federal laws against cannabis still apply
    Those seeking a job with a federal contractors and most federal agencies will be rejected if they say they have used marijuana. Those applying for help with housing, if it involves federal funding, will also continue to be asked about their drug use.  ( 19 min )
    If you want what’s best for Minneapolis, work to fix it, don’t complain about it
    Please stop writing these scaremongering pieces about neighborhoods and public transit systems that are near and dear to my heart.  ( 10 min )
    Make Met Council an elected body? Task force to begin work on changes aimed at accountability
    Thank — or blame — the troubled Southwest Light Rail Transit project for the bipartisan view that big changes are needed at the Met Council.  ( 15 min )
    What does a chatbot know about eating disorders? Users of a help line are about to find out
    Many mental health organizations and companies are struggling to provide services and care in response to a sharp escalation in demand, and some are turning to chatbots and AI, even though clinicians are still trying to figure out how to effectively deploy them, and for what conditions.  ( 32 min )
    Rural counties in northern Great Lakes grow at above-average pace
    Rural parts of Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota had bigger gains in population last year than the rest of rural America.  ( 13 min )
    St. Paul author reckons with the complexity of racism, complicity in ‘The Girl in Duluth’
    Cheri Johnson began writing what would become “The Girl in Duluth,” a novel that looks at the story of sex trafficking in Northern Minnesota from the eyes of a high school student.  ( 12 min )
    Support pours in for overhaul; stricter enforcement of alcohol laws in Wisconsin
    Plus: Concern over multiple shootings in Brooklyn Park; blackout license plates coming to a road near you; burned down building in Uptown an 'eye sore'; and more.  ( 7 min )
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    We Tested Popcorn Makers to Find Ones That Left the Least Amount of Kernels Unpopped
    We tested six popcorn makers to see which ones popped the best-tasting popcorn, had the fewest unpopped kernels, and were easy to set up and clean.  ( 24 min )
    Mangonada
    The secret to this bracingly spicy, sweet, tart, salty, icy, and refreshing Mexican drink is to use the most flavorful mango and chamoy possible. That means buying frozen or canned mango pulp and making the chamoy from scratch.  ( 19 min )
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    Tuesday assorted links
    1. Further reason to discount Grusch.  And commentary from Ross.  Nonetheless here is a look at the more serious evidence. 2. How culture normalizes patriarchy. 3. The UK plans to lead on AI.  Says Sunak.  And a few of you have been asking for more Macca content, so here is Macca on AI, not the […] The post Tuesday assorted links appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments In reply to Hazel Meade. There isn't so much difference ... by So Much For Subtlety In reply to Formerly K. “He's not really a philosopher in ... by Todd K In reply to Equestrian. What is a blue jay? What is an eagle? ... by Equestrian In reply to Etalon d’Silomar. The natural order of things ... by It's never been a better time to be teeth... In reply to Zote. 🥱 by EdR Plus 10 more...  ( 6 min )
    Plagues Upon the Earth
    Kyle Harper’s Plagues Upon the Earth is a remarkable accomplishment that weaves together microbiology, history, and economics to understand the role of diseases in shaping human history. Harper, an established historian known for his first three books on Rome and late antiquity, has an impressive command of virology, bacteriology, and parasitology as well as history […] The post Plagues Upon the Earth appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments In reply to dearieme. And now that the likelihood of a lab ... by RAD In reply to JonFraz. Don't be daft. It would have been clear ... by dearieme In reply to God of Thunder. And one can believe that it was ... by Atanu Dey In reply to Based. One can believe authoritarians took ... by God of Thunder In reply to JonFraz. Skeletal remains show a high of around ... by Sure Plus 10 more...  ( 9 min )
    The new public library?
    This article is set in Canada, but some of these developments are more general: Vicky Varga, a twenty-four-year veteran of Edmonton Public Library, described how the city had moved toward fully integrating social work into the activities of its main library branch. “People really do seek this out, because it’s the last truly public space, […] The post The new public library? appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments In reply to mgregoire. Really never thought about that. At ... by Antony T In reply to Dinwar. You're catching a lot of flack for this ... by kwazii In reply to FC. Wow, novel idea- yore a deep thinker too. ... by Antony T In reply to Dinwar. What you don't get to do is tell people ... by So Much For Subtlety In reply to Lee. I too prefer libraries. In fact, I would ... by peri Plus 10 more... Related Stories What should I ask Ada Palmer? My excellent Conversation with Seth Godin *The Economic Government of the World, 1933-2023*  ( 7 min )
    The Confederate Diaspora
    This paper shows how white migration out of the postbellum South diffused and entrenched Confederate culture across the United States at a critical juncture of westward expansion and postwar reconciliation. These migrants laid the groundwork for Confederate symbols and racial norms to become pervasive nationally in the early 20th century. Occupying positions of authority, former […] The post The Confederate Diaspora appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments In reply to Fiet. I couldn’t agree more, and it’s only ... by Old man yells at cloud This diaspora reached other countries too, my family moved to ... by BR reader In reply to M. It's because of all the stupid people and ... by Nope In reply to Old Programmer. That is not a fact. It is not ... by So Much For Subtlety In reply to Stan Sitwell. The argument of displaced who were ... by M Plus 10 more... Related Stories *The Economic Government of the World, 1933-2023* *Goodbye Eastern Europe* *Medieval Horizons: Why the Middle Ages Matter*  ( 6 min )
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    Naked Short Seller Gets in Trouble
    Also the CEO of Goldman Sachs is also a DJ, the managing director title, and Morgan Stanley interns projected in Times Square.  ( 2 min )
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    Final call for today’s blog on Swansea City’s finances #Swans
    Final call for today’s blog on Swansea City’s finances #Swans nitter.net/SwissRamble/status/1668514472476942336#m
    RT by @SwissRamble: As new investors continue to arrive at Swansea City, here's a review of the club's finances, highlighting the impact of parachute payments stopping #Swans https://swissramble.substack.com/p/swansea-city-finances-202122
    As new investors continue to arrive at Swansea City, here's a review of the club's finances, highlighting the impact of parachute payments stopping #Swans swissramble.substack.com/p/s…
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    R to @gelliottmorris: the bigger point I'd like to make is that there is still a lot of stuff happening in the poll-aggregation space today — quants are not just moving to analyses of returns and candidate ideology, WAR, etc. that includes at ABC/538, which still exists!
    the bigger point I'd like to make is that there is still a lot of stuff happening in the poll-aggregation space today — quants are not just moving to analyses of returns and candidate ideology, WAR, etc. that includes at ABC/538, which still exists! nitter.net/jaycaspiankang/status/1668609176686436352#m
    my favorite author is penguin random house
    my favorite author is penguin random house nitter.net/aedwardslevy/status/1668609276955205632#m
    christie would be a less controversial president than trump, but at the same time it is beyond paradoxical for these low-win-probability, anti-trump candidates to be crowding the field. (this is where a strong party org w/ stronger informal endorsement pressures would be helpful)
    christie would be a less controversial president than trump, but at the same time it is beyond paradoxical for these low-win-probability, anti-trump candidates to be crowding the field. (this is where a strong party org w/ stronger informal endorsement pressures would be helpful) nitter.net/AccountableGOP/status/1668412984748539906#m
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    AI as Wiley E. Coyote, and a funny thing about Worstfish
    In an article, “AI chatbots learned to write before they could learn to think,” Jeffrey Funk and Gary Smith write: Gary recently wrote in Salon about the limitations and unwelcome consequences of GPT-3 and other large language models. After Jeffrey … Continue reading →  ( 14 min )
    World premiere performance of Recursion is tonight!
    Details here.  ( 8 min )
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    Here’s this week’s cartoon for @guardian_sport https://www.theguardian.com/football/ng-interactive/2023/jun/13/david-squires-on-the-greatest-football-season-in-sportswashing-history
    Here’s this week’s cartoon for @guardian_sport theguardian.com/football/ng-…
    Looking forward to seeing Emi Martínez wave this about like it’s his wang.
    Looking forward to seeing Emi Martínez wave this about like it’s his wang. nitter.net/AlbicelesteTalk/status/1668238890363154435#m
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    Victorious Secret
    The next event in the Salon Sanctuary concert series is "Victorious Secret: Love Gamed and Gender Untamed in the Sparkling Courts of the Baroque": Before the bars of gender binaries caged the mainstream operatic imagination, a golden age of fluidity guided the vocal soundscape. Virility declared itself with the castrato’s clarion high notes, while femininity […]  ( 11 min )
    Is it a rat's head or a duck's neck?
    Main dish served as part of a college cafeteria lunch in Nanchang, China: On the left side it says:  zhè búshì máo ma? 这不是毛吗 "Isn't this hair?" On the right side it reads: āyí shuō shì yāròu 阿姨說是鴨肉 "Auntie [i.e., the cafeteria serving lady] says that it's duck meat." The photographs and the captions are from Andrew […]  ( 10 min )
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    Colonialism Shaped Plant Collections. Here’s Why That Matters.
    Herbaria — collections of pressed, dried plant specimens — are important for scientific research. There are some 400 million samples stored across over 3,500 herbaria around the world. But most of those are located in Europe and the U.S., limiting former colonies’ capacity for botanical research.  ( 13 min )
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    Simplifying Model Formulas with the R Function ‘reformulate()’
    Introduction Continue reading: Simplifying Model Formulas with the R Function ‘reformulate()’  ( 10 min )
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    RT by @pixelatedboat: Berlusconi: You were right about everything. I see that now. The modern world is so full of sin. A man close to the earth is a man close to God. The Unabomber: what do tits feel like
    Berlusconi: You were right about everything. I see that now. The modern world is so full of sin. A man close to the earth is a man close to God. The Unabomber: what do tits feel like
    RT by @pixelatedboat: Interesting take on why libertarians are mostly men https://mattbruenig.com/2015/10/24/why-are-libertarians-mostly-men/
    Interesting take on why libertarians are mostly men mattbruenig.com/2015/10/24/w…
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    RT by @DaveAHopkins: 1. Late entry is a bad strategy; very late entry is a hopeless strategy. 2. Non-candidates always look great right up to when they become candidates, at which point they immediately become boring candidates and someone else is the appealing non-candidate.
    1. Late entry is a bad strategy; very late entry is a hopeless strategy. nitter.net/costareports/status/1668451275959140352#m
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    Comment on (i) reference question (pathological non-Noetherian examples), and (ii) the Jordan-Holder package by ravivakil
    In reply to David Speyer. Thanks David! About the Schubert calculus: you won't be surprised that this is how I came to think about this. And about the new notation: I'm sold, and I've made the change. (In the process, I noticed a number of small mistakes.) I had earlier learned from you the importance of wisely choosing names and notation, and this very much applies here.  ( 19 min )
    Comment on April 2023 version of the notes by ravivakil
    In reply to Johann Birnick. You are right, and it is best to fix it to avoid needlessly confusing people, so I've now made the change you suggested. Thanks!  ( 12 min )
    Comment on April 2023 version of the notes by ravivakil
    In reply to P878755. See above; you are both in some sense right!  ( 12 min )
    Comment on April 2023 version of the notes by ravivakil
    In reply to David Petrie Moulton. You are right! The source of my cognitive error is that I wrote those complexes with subscripts rather than superscripts (for which the convention is that the d's would be *decreasing*, but I didn't say that). I've now fixed it, by (i) making the subscripts superscripts as they should have been, and then (ii) having w degree-decreasing as you said. Thanks!  ( 13 min )

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    RT by @SingularMattrix: JAX/XLA is really fast
    JAX/XLA is really fast
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    This southwestern French specialty features individual cakes with a glassy, caramelized exterior contrasted with an impossibly custardy center. It's a project perfect for ambitious bakers. https://www.seriouseats.com/caneles-canneles-de-bordeaux-french-pastry-recipe-how-to-make?taid=6487a378323d39000108c8cb&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    This southwestern French specialty features individual cakes with a glassy, caramelized exterior contrasted with an impossibly custardy center. It's a project perfect for ambitious bakers. seriouseats.com/caneles-cann…
    Our favorites include thermometers (duh), a timer, and even a small spatula. https://www.seriouseats.com/best-thermoworks-products-7496209?taid=64879586f695830001bcd1b1&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    Our favorites include thermometers (duh), a timer, and even a small spatula. seriouseats.com/best-thermow…
    This bold salty-sweet-sour-spicy Mexican sauce has roots in Asia, and is delicious on fresh raw fruit or paired with Tajín in an icy chamoyada or mangonada. https://www.seriouseats.com/chamoy-mexican-dried-fruit-and-hibiscus-sauce-7510202?taid=64878782e20af4000111aafe&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    This bold salty-sweet-sour-spicy Mexican sauce has roots in Asia, and is delicious on fresh raw fruit or paired with Tajín in an icy chamoyada or mangonada. seriouseats.com/chamoy-mexic…
    We compiled a list of our favorite OXO gear from our equipment reviews, including coffee makers, bench scrapers, and plastic cutting boards. https://www.seriouseats.com/best-oxo-kitchen-equipment-7506030?taid=64876b5d01ec2200011de12f&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    We compiled a list of our favorite OXO gear from our equipment reviews, including coffee makers, bench scrapers, and plastic cutting boards. seriouseats.com/best-oxo-kit…
    Our favorite model is currently on sale! https://www.seriouseats.com/oxo-drip-coffee-maker-review-6747529?taid=64875d65f695830001bcc29f&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    Our favorite model is currently on sale! seriouseats.com/oxo-drip-cof…
    We tried to find the best ways to keep your sliced apples tasting and looking fresh. https://www.seriouseats.com/how-to-prevent-apple-pear-browning?taid=64874f55323d39000108b074&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    We tried to find the best ways to keep your sliced apples tasting and looking fresh. seriouseats.com/how-to-preve…
    In under a minute, a kitchen fire can grow to an inferno beyond your control. That's why you need to be prepared. We talk to an FDNY lieutenant to learn the ins and outs of fire safety in the kitchen. https://www.seriouseats.com/how-to-not-burn-your-ass-off-in-the-kitchen?taid=64873320323d39000108a8a5&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    In under a minute, a kitchen fire can grow to an inferno beyond your control. That's why you need to be prepared. We talk to an FDNY lieutenant to learn the ins and outs of fire safety in the kitchen. seriouseats.com/how-to-not-b…
    Dry-brined in a mixture of salt and baking soda then tossed in a balanced spice blend that packs subtle heat, this Cajun shrimp is tender, juicy, and packed full of flavor. https://www.seriouseats.com/cajun-shrimp-recipe-7510286?taid=6487250eb58b2500019b967e&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    Dry-brined in a mixture of salt and baking soda then tossed in a balanced spice blend that packs subtle heat, this Cajun shrimp is tender, juicy, and packed full of flavor. seriouseats.com/cajun-shrimp…
    This Japanese katsudon—fried cutlet and egg rice bowl—is the best use you're ever gonna get out of leftover fried chicken or pork cutlets. https://www.seriouseats.com/katsudon-japanese-leftover-cutlet-rice-egg-bowl-recipe?taid=64866e28db77690001180079&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    This Japanese katsudon—fried cutlet and egg rice bowl—is the best use you're ever gonna get out of leftover fried chicken or pork cutlets. seriouseats.com/katsudon-jap…
    Rich with pork and cornmeal, this humble Pennsylvania-Dutch specialty is perfect with eggs. https://www.seriouseats.com/scrapple-recipe?taid=6486602dcf93b30001ec2f8a&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    Rich with pork and cornmeal, this humble Pennsylvania-Dutch specialty is perfect with eggs. seriouseats.com/scrapple-rec…
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    Labor productivity down in 37 states and the District of Columbia in 2022 https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2023/labor-productivity-down-in-37-states-and-the-district-of-columbia-in-2022.htm #BLSdata
    Labor productivity down in 37 states and the District of Columbia in 2022 bls.gov/opub/ted/2023/labor-… #BLSdata
    If you’re at #SHRM23, we have a stat for that! Stop by our booth to learn about #BLSdata!
    If you’re at #SHRM23, we have a stat for that! Stop by our booth to learn about #BLSdata!
    Labor productivity down in 37 states and the District of Columbia in 2022 https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2023/labor-productivity-down-in-37-states-and-the-district-of-columbia-in-2022.htm#BLS
    Labor productivity down in 37 states and the District of Columbia in 2022 bls.gov/opub/ted/2023/labor-…
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    Indigenous groups are developing data storage technology that gives users privacy and control. Could their work influence those fighting back against invasive apps? https://trib.al/06ykAf4
    Indigenous groups are developing data storage technology that gives users privacy and control. Could their work influence those fighting back against invasive apps? trib.al/06ykAf4
    Here's how the winners of NASA's Deep Space Food Challenge are making food out of thin air https://trib.al/rOXUxv3
    Here's how the winners of NASA's Deep Space Food Challenge are making food out of thin air trib.al/rOXUxv3
    ChatGPT and other AI systems perform tasks they were not trained to do. It's surprising researchers, even those skeptical about large language models. https://trib.al/WJvmwLr
    ChatGPT and other AI systems perform tasks they were not trained to do. It's surprising researchers, even those skeptical about large language models. trib.al/WJvmwLr
    Taking 10,000 steps a day to maintain health is rooted not in science but in a marketing gimmick. So how do we determine an optimal step count for fitness? https://trib.al/ZwjJcAo
    Taking 10,000 steps a day to maintain health is rooted not in science but in a marketing gimmick. So how do we determine an optimal step count for fitness? trib.al/ZwjJcAo
    Advancements in medical technology and neuroscience are revolutionizing our understanding of the dying process. https://trib.al/s1AyEaJ
    Advancements in medical technology and neuroscience are revolutionizing our understanding of the dying process. trib.al/s1AyEaJ
    Killer whales in a group near Spain and Portugal may be teaching one another to mess with small boats. https://trib.al/6QqoxgA
    Killer whales in a group near Spain and Portugal may be teaching one another to mess with small boats. trib.al/6QqoxgA
    The combination of a massive seaweed bloom, plastic in the ocean and climate change is increasing the risk of dangerous infections https://trib.al/OCCabCM
    The combination of a massive seaweed bloom, plastic in the ocean and climate change is increasing the risk of dangerous infections trib.al/OCCabCM
    Good news: the world is discussing a treaty to stem plastic pollution. Bad news: fossil-fuel interests are trying to weaken it https://trib.al/oh4YlyE
    Good news: the world is discussing a treaty to stem plastic pollution. Bad news: fossil-fuel interests are trying to weaken it trib.al/oh4YlyE
    Arousal without orgasm isn't dangerous, so why are people pressured to engage in unwanted sexual activity to avoid it? https://trib.al/wWz4kx8
    Arousal without orgasm isn't dangerous, so why are people pressured to engage in unwanted sexual activity to avoid it? trib.al/wWz4kx8
    Wind and solar produced more U.S. power than coal during the first five months of this year, as several coal plants closed and gas prices dropped https://trib.al/BAv9m8O
    Wind and solar produced more U.S. power than coal during the first five months of this year, as several coal plants closed and gas prices dropped trib.al/BAv9m8O
    The most important and awe-inspiring science direct to your inbox. Sign up for our new-and-improved (and free!) Today in Science newsletter: http://sciam.com/today
    The most important and awe-inspiring science direct to your inbox. sciam.com/today
    R to @sciam: Listen to an interview with therapist Rebecca J. Lester (@psychanthro) on Science, Quickly to learn more about Ella’s diagnosis, treatment, and how she is doing today. 🎧🔗https://bit.ly/43pTVBd
    Listen to an interview with therapist Rebecca J. Lester (@psychanthro) on Science, Quickly to learn more about Ella’s diagnosis, treatment, and how she is doing today. bit.ly/43pTVBd
    R to @sciam: This is the story of “Ella” (pseudonym used to protect the patient’s privacy), a young woman with 12 different personalities that ranged in age from two to 16. By @psychanthro https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-traumatized-woman-with-multiple-personalities-gets-better-as-her-parts-work-as-a-team/
    This is the story of “Ella” (pseudonym used to protect the patient’s privacy), a young woman with 12 different personalities that ranged in age from two to 16. @psychanthro scientificamerican.com/artic…
    DID is usually treated by integrating fragmented parts—but that’s not the only solution. Learn how Rebecca Lester helped a patient with 12 identities form a community of selves in one individual. Join our @Reddit AMA w/ @psychanthro 🗓️June 14 at 1pm ET 🔗https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/
    DID is usually treated by integrating fragmented parts—but that’s not the only solution. Learn how Rebecca Lester helped a patient with 12 identities form a community of selves in one individual. @Reddit AMA w/ @psychanthro teddit.net/r/IAmA/
    New antiviral drugs could save thousands from COVID-19, influenza and other severe lung infections. [Sponsored by @Synairgenplc] https://www.scientificamerican.com/custom-media/how-immune-boosting-medicine-could-save-lives-in-a-pandemic/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sacm_synairgen&utm_content=link-post
    New antiviral drugs could save thousands from COVID-19, influenza and other severe lung infections. [Sponsored by @Synairgenplc] scientificamerican.com/custo…
    In the guise of collecting scientific data, data brokers are running a massive privacy invasion. Researchers should stop helping them | Opinion https://trib.al/L5epjlt
    In the guise of collecting scientific data, data brokers are running a massive privacy invasion. Researchers should stop helping them | Opinion trib.al/L5epjlt
    The destruction of the Kakhovka Dam threatens both agriculture and nature reserves, a Ukrainian conservationist says https://trib.al/UYcUhwC
    The destruction of the Kakhovka Dam threatens both agriculture and nature reserves, a Ukrainian conservationist says trib.al/UYcUhwC
    New research shows surprising activity levels in dying brains and may help explain the sudden clarity many people with dementia experience near death https://trib.al/S9UrSEB
    New research shows surprising activity levels in dying brains and may help explain the sudden clarity many people with dementia experience near death trib.al/S9UrSEB  ( 1 min )
    Wildfire smoke not only contains dangerous-to-breathe particles but also can react with urban air pollution to create toxic ozone https://trib.al/ei6FgPz
    Wildfire smoke not only contains dangerous-to-breathe particles but also can react with urban air pollution to create toxic ozone trib.al/ei6FgPz
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    My talk Tues 13 June in London on statistics education
    It’s at 4pm; see here for details.  ( 8 min )
    The three ages of -i
    Laura Wattenberg’s Namerology is always worth a read: [The above] u-turn curve, while accurate, is misleading. What looks like a return to earlier times is actually a revolution. And each of the three sections of the historical curve—flat, peak, and … Continue reading →  ( 10 min )
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    NRL Predictions for Round 16
    Team Ratings for Round 16 The basic method is described on my Department home page. Here are the team ratings prior to this week’s games, along with the ratings at the start of the season. Current Rating Rating at Season Start Difference Panthers 13.20 12.99 0.20 Rabbitohs 8.13 9.35 -1.20 Storm 6.39 11.21 -4.80 Eels […] NRL Predictions for Round 16 first appeared on Stats Chat.  ( 6 min )
    Top 14 Predictions for the Final
    Team Ratings for the Final The basic method is described on my Department home page. Here are the team ratings prior to this week’s games, along with the ratings at the start of the season. Current Rating Rating at Season Start Difference Stade Toulousain 8.12 6.34 1.80 La Rochelle 7.40 6.88 0.50 Bordeaux Begles 4.76 […] Top 14 Predictions for the Final first appeared on Stats Chat.  ( 5 min )
    Super Rugby Predictions for the Semi-finals
    Team Ratings for the Semi-finals The basic method is described on my Department home page. Here are the team ratings prior to this week’s games, along with the ratings at the start of the season. Current Rating Rating at Season Start Difference Crusaders 17.44 17.95 -0.50 Blues 13.22 12.34 0.90 Chiefs 13.03 8.81 4.20 Hurricanes […] Super Rugby Predictions for the Semi-finals first appeared on Stats Chat.  ( 5 min )
    Currie Cup Predictions for the Semi Finals
    Team Ratings for the Semi Finals The basic method is described on my Department home page. Here are the team ratings prior to this week’s games, along with the ratings at the start of the season. Current Rating Rating at Season Start Difference Cheetahs 4.78 4.67 0.10 Pumas 3.94 2.84 1.10 Sharks 1.51 -1.30 2.80 […] Currie Cup Predictions for the Semi Finals first appeared on Stats Chat.  ( 5 min )
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    RT by @andrewgwils: Guided discrete diffusion to optimize protein and antibody sequences. @gruver_nate @samuel_stanton_ @nc_frey @timrudner, Isidro Hotzel, Julien Lafrance-Vanasse, Arvind Rajpal @kchonyc @andrewgwils https://arxiv.org/abs/2305.20009
    Guided discrete diffusion to optimize protein and antibody sequences. @gruver_nate @samuel_stanton_ @nc_frey @timrudner, Isidro Hotzel, Julien Lafrance-Vanasse, Arvind Rajpal @kchonyc @andrewgwils arxiv.org/abs/2305.20009
    R to @andrewgwils: You’d have to be a TNG fan to appreciate it though.
    You’d have to be a TNG fan to appreciate it though.
    “Picard” redeems itself in Season 3. I almost didn’t watch it after Seasons 1 & 2.
    “Picard” redeems itself in Season 3. I almost didn’t watch it after Seasons 1 & 2.
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    Red Sea [jatp]
    Visit the post for more.  ( 6 min )
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    RT by @gelliottmorris: ross is cooking... https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/12/opinion/donald-trump-2024.html
    ross is cooking... nytimes.com/2023/06/12/opini…  ( 1 min )
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    Public confidence in vaccines has declined across sub-Saharan Africa since the #COVID19 pandemic, new research shows. https://scim.ag/2YU
    Public confidence in vaccines has declined across sub-Saharan Africa since the #COVID19 pandemic, new research shows. scim.ag/2YU
    The practice may protect rhinos, but it changes behavior and could have long-term consequences. https://scim.ag/2YQ
    The practice may protect rhinos, but it changes behavior and could have long-term consequences. scim.ag/2YQ
    RT by @NewsfromScience: “There is a real desire for change.” My latest story for @ScienceInsider—about the preliminary findings of a working group NIH established to address concerns that postdoc appointments are no longer an attractive option for early-career researchers. https://www.science.org/content/article/nih-working-group-calls-fewer-better-paid-postdocs
    “There is a real desire for change.” @ScienceInsider—about the preliminary findings of a working group NIH established to address concerns that postdoc appointments are no longer an attractive option for early-career researchers. science.org/content/article/…
    Postdocs in U.S. biomedical research labs should be paid better, even if it means supporting fewer of them. That’s the preliminary position of a working group formed by the U.S. National Institutes of Health. https://scim.ag/2YL
    Postdocs in U.S. biomedical research labs should be paid better, even if it means supporting fewer of them. scim.ag/2YL
    Researchers claim that Homo naledi, a small-brained human relative, buried its dead and made art long before our own species did. https://scim.ag/2YG
    Researchers claim that Homo naledi, a small-brained human relative, buried its dead and made art long before our own species did. scim.ag/2YG
    A new brain-spine interface has allowed a paralyzed man to walk more fluidly, navigate obstacles, and climb stairs. https://scim.ag/2YC
    A new brain-spine interface has allowed a paralyzed man to walk more fluidly, navigate obstacles, and climb stairs. scim.ag/2YC
    A new study suggests fear of society’s downfall stems from negative media and biased memory. https://scim.ag/2Y5
    A new study suggests fear of society’s downfall stems from negative media and biased memory. scim.ag/2Y5
    RT by @NewsfromScience: For more context, a good explainer https://www.science.org/content/article/could-fused-neurons-explain-covid-19-s-brain-fog @NewsfromScience by @claulopezneuro
    For more context, a good explainer science.org/content/article/… @NewsfromScience by @claulopezneuro
    RT by @NewsfromScience: Side-stepping plant sex could dramatically lower the cost of high-yielding, hybrid crops, such as using helicopters to blow pollen from one rice strain to another. Learn more in this @NewsfromScience feature: https://scim.ag/2Y0
    Side-stepping plant sex could dramatically lower the cost of high-yielding, hybrid crops, such as using helicopters to blow pollen from one rice strain to another. @NewsfromScience feature: scim.ag/2Y0
    Last year, scientists used #AI to discover the potential presence of a nearly 1-million-year-old campfire at an archaeological site in Israel. #ScienceMagArchives https://scim.ag/2XW
    Last year, scientists used #AI to discover the potential presence of a nearly 1-million-year-old campfire at an archaeological site in Israel. #ScienceMagArchives scim.ag/2XW
    A decision is due shortly on two related cases involving the admissions practices at Harvard University and the University of North Carolina. To better understand what’s at stake, @ScienceInsider outlines seven things to know. ⬇️ https://scim.ag/2XN
    A decision is due shortly on two related cases involving the admissions practices at Harvard University and the University of North Carolina. @ScienceInsider outlines seven things to know. ⬇️ scim.ag/2XN
    Snow flies patrolling the frozen mountains of North America in search of mates have developed a unique adaptation to their hostile environment. https://scim.ag/2XM
    Snow flies patrolling the frozen mountains of North America in search of mates have developed a unique adaptation to their hostile environment. scim.ag/2XM
    President Joe Biden is asking Congress for $35 million to begin planning a new national laboratory to study the impact of #ClimateChange on disadvantaged communities. https://scim.ag/2XK
    President Joe Biden is asking Congress for $35 million to begin planning a new national laboratory to study the impact of #ClimateChange on disadvantaged communities. scim.ag/2XK  ( 1 min )
    New lab studies suggest #SARSCoV2 causes brain cells to stick together, but more research is needed to determine the overall significance. https://scim.ag/2XI
    New lab studies suggest #SARSCoV2 causes brain cells to stick together, but more research is needed to determine the overall significance. scim.ag/2XI
    By systematically citing other papers published by Saveetha faculty—including papers on completely unrelated topics—the undergraduate publications have helped dramatically inflate the number of citations linked to Saveetha Dental College. https://scim.ag/2XH
    By systematically citing other papers published by Saveetha faculty—including papers on completely unrelated topics—the undergraduate publications have helped dramatically inflate the number of citations linked to Saveetha Dental College. scim.ag/2XH
    Replacing worn-out batteries in animal tracking devices can be a time-consuming, expensive duty for wildlife scientists. It’s stressful for the animals, too.  Now, researchers have invented a tracker powered by the animals’ own movement. https://scim.ag/2XF
    Replacing worn-out batteries in animal tracking devices can be a time-consuming, expensive duty for wildlife scientists. It’s stressful for the animals, too.  scim.ag/2XF
    Comb jellies may have descended from the "sister to all other animals." https://scim.ag/2XE
    Comb jellies may have descended from the "sister to all other animals." scim.ag/2XE
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    Judge orders cancer researcher’s art collection seized to pay fees from failed libel suit
    The sheriff of Franklin County, Ohio, has received an order to seize and sell property of Carlo Croce, a cancer researcher at The Ohio State University in Columbus, to pay his nearly $1.1 million debt to lawyers who represented him in failed libel and defamation suits.  Last December, a judge ordered Croce to pay $1,098,642.80, … Continue reading Judge orders cancer researcher’s art collection seized to pay fees from failed libel suit  ( 7 min )
    Data sleuth flags 30 randomized clinical trials from researcher in Egypt
    Thirty randomized clinical trials involving a researcher in Egypt who has already had six papers retracted show signs of research misconduct and data fabrication, according to the authors of a recent preprint.  Ben Mol, one of the authors of the preprint and a professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Monash University in Australia, has spent … Continue reading Data sleuth flags 30 randomized clinical trials from researcher in Egypt  ( 11 min )
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    Devices to Develop Dazzling Diction
    Alliteration is old hat — but do you know what Anadiplosis is? Continue reading on The Writing Cooperative »  ( 9 min )
    Want to Write Well? These 2 Tips Have Stood the Test of Time
    What Aristotle said in the fourth century BC is still true today Continue reading on The Writing Cooperative »  ( 8 min )
    Writers: Just Received a Bad Critic? Three Steps to Find Its Uplifting Power!
    Blueprint on how to see the hidden power of a bad critic as a newbie writer Continue reading on The Writing Cooperative »  ( 11 min )
    How Do You Like Them Apples?! (or: Why Screenwriting Books Can Be Harmful)
    Let’s discuss why I think many how-to guides have helped break Hollywood and kneecapped many potential screenwriting careers Continue reading on The Writing Cooperative »  ( 21 min )
    How Writers Can Overcome Their Fear of Public Speaking
    Why it’s important to make a little progress every day Continue reading on The Writing Cooperative »  ( 14 min )
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    The prolific polymath Thomas Young made substantial contributions as a physicist, physician, physiologist, philologist, Egyptologist, and writer, argues biographer Andrew Robinson. 📕 Read more from @SciMagBooks: https://scim.ag/2YT
    The prolific polymath Thomas Young made substantial contributions as a physicist, physician, physiologist, philologist, Egyptologist, and writer, argues biographer Andrew Robinson. @SciMagBooks: scim.ag/2YT
    Despite the importance of nonhuman primates, reference genomes have been sequenced in <10% of species. A new Science study presents high-quality reference genomes for 27 primate species, adding to available resources. https://scim.ag/2YN #PrimateGenomes
    Despite the importance of nonhuman primates, reference genomes have been sequenced in <10% of species. scim.ag/2YN #PrimateGenomes
    A new @ScienceTM study in pregnant marmosets shows that previous infection with #dengue virus exacerbates #Zika infection in placenta and fetal brain tissue. https://scim.ag/2YE
    A new @ScienceTM study in pregnant marmosets shows that previous infection with #dengue virus exacerbates #Zika infection in placenta and fetal brain tissue. scim.ag/2YE
    "The lessons I was learning as a basketball coach helped me find my footing as a scientific leader." In this week's #ScienceWorkingLife, a #PhD student writes about finding research leadership skills on the basketball court. @ScienceCareers https://scim.ag/2Y4
    "The lessons I was learning as a basketball coach helped me find my footing as a scientific leader." #ScienceWorkingLife, a #PhD student writes about finding research leadership skills on the basketball court. @ScienceCareers scim.ag/2Y4
    A new @SciSignal study in mice reveals a molecular cascade in cells called #astrocytes that induces water influx and brain swelling after #stroke, which can be treated by blocking proteins in the cascade. https://scim.ag/2Y1
    A new @SciSignal study in mice reveals a molecular cascade in cells called #astrocytes that induces water influx and brain swelling after #stroke, which can be treated by blocking proteins in the cascade. scim.ag/2Y1
    2020’s #COVID19 lockdowns altered mammal movements worldwide, new research finds. The results illustrate how human activities constrain animal movement and how animals react when those activities cease. 📄: https://scim.ag/2XR #SciencePerspective: https://scim.ag/2XQ
    2020’s #COVID19 lockdowns altered mammal movements worldwide, new research finds. The results illustrate how human activities constrain animal movement and how animals react when those activities cease. scim.ag/2XR #SciencePerspective: scim.ag/2XQ
    Urinary tract infections (UTIs) reoccur easily, in part, because resident memory T (TRM) cells are slow to establish immune memory, finds a new @SciImmunology study in mice. https://scim.ag/2XL
    Urinary tract infections (UTIs) reoccur easily, in part, because resident memory T (TRM) cells are slow to establish immune memory, finds a new @SciImmunology study in mice. scim.ag/2XL
    A recent Science study considers the wide-ranging effects that transposable elements impose on the genomic architecture of placental mammals. https://scim.ag/2XJ #Zoonomia
    A recent Science study considers the wide-ranging effects that transposable elements impose on the genomic architecture of placental mammals. scim.ag/2XJ #Zoonomia
    The #liver has an uncanny ability to repair and regenerate itself, and new research in mice suggests that the suppression of #cholesterol synthesis by the protein UHRF2 could be important for the process. @SciSignal https://scim.ag/2XG
    The #liver has an uncanny ability to repair and regenerate itself, and new research in mice suggests that the suppression of #cholesterol synthesis by the protein UHRF2 could be important for the process. @SciSignal scim.ag/2XG
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    Old Sinitic "wheat" and Early Middle Sinitic "camel"
    [This is a guest post by Chris Button] OC uvulars tended to condition rounding (e.g OC q- becoming EMC kw-). In the case of ʁ-, we sometimes get m- (for a modern-day example, note how惟, which also had a ʁ- onset in Old Chinese, gives an m- reflex in Fuzhou Min). The classic example is […]  ( 8 min )
    Language change (about to be?) in progress
    Current big news around here is the collapse of an elevated section of Interstate 95 due to a tanker truck fire. As Wikipedia explains, I-95 "is the main north–south Interstate Highway on the East Coast of the United States, running from U.S. Route 1 (US 1) in Miami, Florida, north to the Houlton–Woodstock Border Crossing […]  ( 14 min )
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    ‘Yes, you can live without Big Tech.’
    The Opt Out Project If data is the new oil, then I'm here to help you go electric. [pahool]  ( 1 min )
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    R to @steak_umm: wrong app
    wrong app
    R to @steak_umm: 942493
    942493
    my personal email is a minefield i occasionally tiptoe through for verification codes
    my personal email is a minefield i occasionally tiptoe through for verification codes  ( 1 min )
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    Non-Executive Director Graeme Sharp is one of three @Everton Board members to have today left their roles. #EFC https://trainingground.guru/articles/sharp-steps-down-as-everton-non-executive-director
    Non-Executive Director Graeme Sharp is one of three @Everton Board members to have today left their roles. #EFC trainingground.guru/articles…
    RT by @ground_guru: My time at Southampton FC has come to an end. Grateful to have been given the opportunity to work in the Premier League for the last 4 seasons. I want to wish the club, players, staff and the fans all the best for the future. 😇 Now ready for a new opportunity……..🧤⚽️
    My time at Southampton FC has come to an end. Grateful to have been given the opportunity to work in the Premier League for the last 4 seasons. I want to wish the club, players, staff and the fans all the best for the future. 😇 Now ready for a new opportunity……..🧤⚽️
    "I’m an Academy specialist. I have worked at adult level and it was ok. When I started working with and educating young people, yeah, I loved that." @DeasunO https://trainingground.guru/articles/des-ryan-athletic-development-at-arsenal-academy
    "I’m an Academy specialist. I have worked at adult level and it was ok. When I started working with and educating young people, yeah, I loved that." @DeasunO trainingground.guru/articles… nitter.net/ground_guru/status/1668216960432078850#m
    RT by @ground_guru: Newcastle United is very clear with their intentions to be a Top 4 clubs. This is a very strong Scouting Dept. Talent development starts with scouting and recruitment. All of the big Academies have good players, but this stage is crucial if you want to go from good to great.
    Newcastle United is very clear with their intentions to be a Top 4 clubs. This is a very strong Scouting Dept. nitter.net/ground_guru/status/1668192798506459140#m
    RT by @ground_guru: "Maybe in Academies people are more early career. Having that person pulling everything together, linking in with the other departments, someone with a little bit of grey hair, is so important." @DeasunO https://trainingground.guru/articles/des-ryan-athletic-development-at-arsenal-academy
    "Maybe in Academies people are more early career. Having that person pulling everything together, linking in with the other departments, someone with a little bit of grey hair, is so important." @DeasunO trainingground.guru/articles…
    Tributes have been paid to @Everton Academy Recruitment Manager Ian Lavery, who has died following a short illness. https://trainingground.guru/articles/tributes-paid-to-everton-academy-recruitment-manager-lavery
    Tributes have been paid to @Everton Academy Recruitment Manager Ian Lavery, who has died following a short illness. trainingground.guru/articles…
    Expect Russell Martin to be announced as Southampton's new Head Coach within the next 48 hours. Compensation demands of Swansea have been the sticking point, but close to being resolved.
    Expect Russell Martin to be announced as Southampton's new Head Coach within the next 48 hours. Compensation demands of Swansea have been the sticking point, but close to being resolved.
    RT by @ground_guru: And the soon to be 3rd Sport Republic team.... Valenciennes FC 😇
    And the soon to be 3rd Sport Republic team.... Valenciennes FC 😇
    .@stokecity Chief Scout @TommyCoakley has been appointed Senior Scout @afcbournemouth https://trainingground.guru/bulletin-board
    .@stokecity Chief Scout @TommyCoakley has been appointed Senior Scout @afcbournemouth trainingground.guru/bulletin…
    RT by @ground_guru: Great appointment 💪🏻
    Great appointment 💪🏻
    Newcastle United have completed their new Academy recruitment department - and it looks pretty formidable #NUFC https://trainingground.guru/articles/newcastle-united-complete-academy-recruitment-overhaul 👇👇👇
    Newcastle United have completed their new Academy recruitment department - and it looks pretty formidable #NUFC trainingground.guru/articles… 👇👇👇
    🚨 CLOSES TOMORROW (at 9am)! Head of Coaching @BurnleyOfficial https://trainingground.guru/jobs-listings/head-of-academy-coaching-burnley
    🚨 CLOSES TOMORROW (at 9am)! @BurnleyOfficial trainingground.guru/jobs-lis…
    📊 @joeferrelly is leaving @Everton after four years to become Head of Data and Research for Sport Republic, working for @SouthamptonFC and @Goztepe in Turkey. #SaintsFC #Everton https://trainingground.guru/articles/evertons-ferrelly-appointed-head-of-data-and-research-by-southampton
    📊 @joeferrelly is leaving @Everton after four years to become Head of Data and Research for Sport Republic, working for @SouthamptonFC and @Goztepe in Turkey. #SaintsFC #Everton trainingground.guru/articles…
    RT by @ground_guru: The application process for the UEFA Pro Licence 2024/25 is now open. Please follow the link to apply - https://apply.thefa.com/course/125
    The application process for the UEFA Pro Licence 2024/25 is now open. Please follow the link to apply - apply.thefa.com/course/125
    Interesting clip from April 2022 This is the bigger picture that Technical Director Dan Ashworth has been looking at. One of the first steps = new Academy recruitment department, which is now in place Story here... https://trainingground.guru/articles/newcastle-united-complete-academy-recruitment-overhaul
    Interesting clip from April 2022 trainingground.guru/articles… nitter.net/SkySportsNews/status/1515636762734903298#m
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    Have a high-pitched voice? It might be in your genes https://go.nature.com/3J3Fefq
    Have a high-pitched voice? It might be in your genes go.nature.com/3J3Fefq
    Energy-drink ingredient taurine offers striking health benefits in mice, monkeys and worms. But more work is needed to investigate its link with ageing. https://go.nature.com/3Cm6WAf
    Energy-drink ingredient taurine offers striking health benefits in mice, monkeys and worms. But more work is needed to investigate its link with ageing. go.nature.com/3Cm6WAf
    How I use science to protect my people’s birthright https://go.nature.com/3N5Ffk8
    How I use science to protect my people’s birthright go.nature.com/3N5Ffk8
    Why are the Canadian wildfires so bad this year? https://go.nature.com/3NoJR68
    Why are the Canadian wildfires so bad this year? go.nature.com/3NoJR68
    RT by @Nature: Starting in October, NIH will require foreign subawardees to send copies of their lab notebooks and data to the PI every 3 months. Researchers say this policy will have a chilling effect on international collaborations. Read more in @Nature: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-01930-0
    Starting in October, NIH will require foreign subawardees to send copies of their lab notebooks and data to the PI every 3 months. @Nature: nature.com/articles/d41586-0…
    NIH to intensify scrutiny of foreign grant recipients in wake of COVID origins debate https://go.nature.com/3Nps7Yv
    NIH to intensify scrutiny of foreign grant recipients in wake of COVID origins debate go.nature.com/3Nps7Yv
    Regulators will decide whether a gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy is ready for the market. Here’s what’s at stake for children with the disease, their families and the gene-therapy field https://go.nature.com/3oZ5HDW
    Regulators will decide whether a gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy is ready for the market. Here’s what’s at stake for children with the disease, their families and the gene-therapy field go.nature.com/3oZ5HDW
    Cholera bacteria turn slime into an offensive weapon https://go.nature.com/3p21gYU
    Cholera bacteria turn slime into an offensive weapon go.nature.com/3p21gYU
    Ukraine dam collapse: what scientists are watching https://go.nature.com/43Y5fEV
    Ukraine dam collapse: what scientists are watching go.nature.com/43Y5fEV
    The high cost of ‘reformatting’ prompts a call for journals to change their requirements https://go.nature.com/460puDK
    The high cost of ‘reformatting’ prompts a call for journals to change their requirements go.nature.com/460puDK
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    Mrs. Macquarie’s Chair in Sydney, Australia
    On a promontory extending into Sydney Harbor, New South Wales, Australia, are a primitive bench and steps hand-hewn into the exposed sandstone rock. The seating area was carved on-site in 1810 by convicted laborers. It was created for Elizabeth Henrietta Macquarie, the wife of Major-General Lachlan Macquarie, who served as Governor of New South Wales from 1810 to 1821. Perched at the end of the peninsula that became known as Mrs. Macquarie's Point, it was a frequent resting spot for the Governor's wife. Her habit was to sit gazing over the harbor, hoping to spot ships arriving from and returning to her homeland, Great Britain. Many years later, that view would become one of the most recognizable harbor views in the world, including, as it does, the Sydney Opera House and the Sydney Harbo…  ( 14 min )
    5 Unique Ice Cream Recipes to Beat the Heat
    THIS ARTICLE IS ADAPTED FROM THE JUNE 10, 2023, EDITION OF GASTRO OBSCURA’S FAVORITE THINGS NEWSLETTER. YOU CAN SIGN UP HERE. Ice cream is more than a cooling summer treat; it’s a blank canvas. The pliability of churned, frozen cream makes it a great raw material to build upon—whether it’s covered in torched meringue to form a spiky, flaming mountain in Baked Alaska or shaped into a bombe floating in a sea of blackberry sauce to evoke a luminous, floating moon in Clair de Lune. Beyond ice cream’s shape-shifting abilities, it can also hold seemingly endless colors and flavors. I’ve had purple ube ice cream, red bean ice cream—both delicious—and even an unfortunate batch of cream-colored, wiener-studded Nathan’s hot dog–flavored ice cream that I can’t in good conscience recommend. This sum…  ( 18 min )
    Museum of Cycladic Folklore in Aliki, Greece
    Benetos Skiadas, an ordinary fisherman, managed to revive the Greek Tradition by creating his unique, functional and hand made miniatures using materials only from the Cycladic land. And all these without making any draft or using any scientific instruments. He created them only by using the divine gifts with which he was born; observation, perception, and passion for creativity. The result is excellent and all the miniatures function in a perfect way. All his memories and personal experiences were strongly impressed on his mind and prompted him - with the help of his skillful hands- to revive the tradition and his dreams. The visitor can admire all types of Greek ships and the most important buildings around Cyclades.  ( 12 min )
    Alaskans Have Photographed This Boulder for 33 Years
    This article is from Hakai Magazine, an online publication about science and society in coastal ecosystems. Read more stories like this at hakaimagazine.com. David Janka stands at the helm of the Auklet, an 18-meter charter boat that’s traveled Alaska’s waters longer than the region has been an American state. It’s the peak of summer as he putters into Snug Harbor, a shallow curve in a shoreline of Knight Island walled by towering cliffs and stands of cedar, spruce, and hemlock. He steers toward the beach, aiming for a potato-shaped rock the size of a Volkswagen Beetle. He’s here to take its picture. For 33 years, someone has traveled here each summer to photograph the unassuming boulder, nicknamed Mearns Rock. Collectively, the photos are an unexpected offshoot of one of the United …  ( 18 min )
    Mudlark Oddities in Seattle, Washington
    Tucked away just off of 65th St and down a flight of stairs is a little oddities shop packed with all manner of bizarre items. Show up for Otto, the real human skeleton that was used in 1800s Odd Fellows rituals, and stay for the live medicinal leeches swimming around in apothecary jars. In between old gothic candelabras, you'll find a curated collection of antique books on the occult, handmade jewelry containing bones, a selection of weird local art, massive preserved insects, European taxidermy, funky vintage kitsch and Soviet posters. You can wander around this little space for hours and still notice new odd items.  ( 12 min )
    Koropuku Falls in Progress Valley, New Zealand
    This small but mighty waterfall is located in the rugged rainforest of the Catlins Conservation Park, deep in the south of New Zealand. It's off the beaten track adventure and a must-see in the region. Although Koropuku Falls is marked on local maps, the unofficial Koropuku Falls Walk that brings you to the base is listed only on a select few. And it’s not only the fantastic view of the waterfall that makes this area worth visiting, it’s the walk itself.  Many walking tracks in New Zealand are constructed and maintained by the Department of Conservation (DOC), and must meet a standard width for consistency. But here, you'll be walking single file as the winding path meanders intimately through the bush, bringing you up close and personal with the best of NZ native fauna and flora.  Lush ferns, mosses, lichens and native birdlife are abundant, even the tracks footing is made from pungas (native tree ferns) or nearby rocks from the stream. This magical walk offers a chance to experience being part of the bush, without disrupting the surrounding area.  The unique track was hand-made by two local men, Wayne and Peter, and is a labor of love spanning over 20 years. There is even a bench dedicated to their wives for the amount of time they've spent here. They still maintain the track to ensure safety and enjoyment.  The Catlins region has a rich Māori history, with abundant fresh seafood and forest food sources being a draw card for the first Polynesians. The remnants of their habitation are still found in the place names. In te reo Māori, Koropuku means lump or swelling. The good news is you can walk the track any time of the year. It offers a refreshing walk in the cooler months, or a reprieve from the heat in the warmer weather, with a secret beach and swimming area at the base of the waterfall.  ( 13 min )
    Ruthin Gaol Museum in Denbigh, Wales
    During the Victorian era, a stint inside Ruthin Gaol was a fate close to death. Today, a visit serves as the perfect afternoon for fans of the macabre. Ruthin Gaol was built in the late 18th century to replace a smaller "correction center" that was forced to modernize because conditions were so poor. It was expanded over the years and continued to function as a prison until 1916. After, the site became a makeshift munitions factory during World War II before eventually being partially converted into a public library and office space. Today, a large chunk of the building serves as the only purpose-built Pentonville-style prison (a prison that focused on isolating inmates in individual cells) open to the public as a heritage attraction. Visitors are free to explore the cramped cells, where inmates spent the vast majority of their days alone, and witness the various forms of punishments dolled out for bad behavior. These ranged from a stint in the dark cell to a machine with a crank-shaft handle that prisoners were forced to turn thousands of times, despite it not actually serving any purpose. Visitors will also learn stories about some of those who once inhabited these walls.  ( 12 min )
    Podcast: Close to the Edge, Part 2
    Listen and subscribe on Stitcher, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all major podcast apps. In this episode of The Atlas Obscura Podcast, listeners share travel experiences that have gone horribly, horribly wrong. Our podcast is an audio guide to the world’s wondrous, awe-inspiring, strange places. In under 15 minutes, we’ll take you to an incredible site, and along the way you’ll meet some fascinating people and hear their stories. Join us daily, Monday through Thursday, to explore a new wonder with cofounder Dylan Thuras and a neighborhood of Atlas Obscura reporters.  ( 12 min )
    Puzzle Monday: Generation Gaps
    Among our crosswords and other puzzles, we feature linguistic challenges from around the world from puzzle aficionado and writer Alex Bellos. A PDF of the puzzle, as well as the solution, can be downloaded below. The Aboriginal Australians of Mornington Island in the Gulf of Carpenteria are known internationally for their dancing, their art—and their languages. The island off the north coast of the country has a population of about 1,200, made up mostly of the Lardil people, the original inhabitants, and the Kaidildt people, who were relocated there in the 1940s. Even though the island is poor, geographically isolated, and remote—more than 500 miles of Outback from Darwin and 1,400 miles from Sydney—the islanders’ culture is famous worldwide. Lardil dancers performed at the openi…  ( 16 min )
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    Horses Stand Up to Sleep but Lie Down Perchance to Dream
    Horses are specially built to snooze on their hooves, but there’s a catch
    In a First, Wind and Solar Generated More Power Than Coal in U.S.
    Wind and solar produced more U.S. power than coal during the first five months of this year, as several coal plants closed and gas prices dropped
    Science Shouldn't Give Data Brokers Cover for Stealing Your Privacy
    In the guise of collecting scientific data, data brokers are running a massive privacy invasion. Researchers should stop helping them
    Space Farmers of the Future May Grow Fungi, Flies and Microgreens
    Here’s how the winners of NASA’s Deep Space Food Challenge are making food out of thin air
    Why Dying People Often Experience a Burst of Lucidity
    New research shows surprising activity levels in dying brains and may help explain the sudden clarity many people with dementia experience near death
    MDMA Moves from Club Drug to Real Therapy
    The party drug MDMA could soon be approved for treating people with severe PTSD.
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    RT by @tetraduzione: Absolutely floored that @QueerinAI paper was selected for Best Paper award at @FAccTConference !!! It is such a honor, congrats to all my coauthors #FAccT2023
    Absolutely floored that @QueerinAI paper was selected for Best Paper award at @FAccTConference !!! It is such a honor, congrats to all my coauthors #FAccT2023  ( 1 min )
    RT by @tetraduzione: 👀 Curious about how to answering causal queries of mixed-type data? 🎯 Don't miss our latest work! We provide an answer to such question and much much more! 🧵Check out the amazing thread by @javaloyML #NormalizingFlows #CausalInference
    👀 Curious about how to answering causal queries of mixed-type data? @javaloyML #NormalizingFlows #CausalInference nitter.net/javaloyML/status/1667154628998230020#m  ( 1 min )
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    *The Economic Government of the World, 1933-2023*
    By Martin Daunton, retired economic historian from Cambridge.  1024 pp., and full of information, so yes many people should read this book.  It is a major achievement, but somehow I wanted something with more economics and a sharper framework?  Here is a very positive Adam Tooze FT review, who describes the narrative as “postheroic and […] The post *The Economic Government of the World, 1933-2023* appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments In reply to Dismalist. I have always maintained that being an ... by Chimela Caesar In reply to Chimela Caesar. And just before then, the blurb ... by Dismalist “It is a major achievement, but somehow I wanted something ... by Chimela Caesar From the Amazon description: “Daunton calls for a return to ... by Chimela Caesar In reply to Equestrian. There is precision, accuracy, and ... by Equestrian Plus 10 more... Related Stories *Goodbye Eastern Europe* *Medieval Horizons: Why the Middle Ages Matter* What should I ask Ada Palmer?  ( 6 min )
    Monday assorted links
    1. Brian Chau on how economists see AI. 2. Misha Saul reviews Louise Perry on sex and agency. 3. MIE: “Enter Gensyn, a blockchain-based marketplace protocol connecting developers (anyone who is able to train a machine learning model) with solvers (anyone who wants to train a machine learning model). By tapping into the long tail of […] The post Monday assorted links appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments In reply to mkt42. The problem is that you use the word ... by Michael Thomas In reply to Insight, something even scarcer than context. ... by Anonymous #2. A simpler interpretation. Feminism has focused on making it ... by Funny In reply to Sailor. True free-ranging chickens would quickly ... by Anti-Gnostic In reply to Anti-Gnostic. Watch the movie Chicken People. ... by steve Plus 10 more...  ( 6 min )
    Lookism on the rampage
    Beauty has its privileges. Studies reliably show that the most physically attractive among us tend to get more attention from parents, better grades in school, more money at work and more satisfaction from life. A study published in January in the Journal of Economics and Business found that good-looking banking CEOs take in over $1 […] The post Lookism on the rampage appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments In reply to Rebes. Commiserate with Tyler, same as we do for ... by It's obvious In reply to Well yes. Plus, a lot of women are attracted to ... by Ooglay In reply to UBERMENCH. Isn't it possible that it gets a ... by In addition In reply to Dinwar. So you think she would look better today ... by anonprof In reply to Friedrich Niche. “ressentiment” Is that ... by Robert M. Plus 10 more... Related Stories Web 3.0 has a future after all Mark Zandi on changing odds of recession Free Formatting For All on First Submission!  ( 6 min )
    Web 3.0 has a future after all
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    Some Minneapolis schools at risk of closing as federal funds run dry
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    ‘Disruptive’ approach to peer support training sparks curiosity, concern among Minnesota addiction recovery leaders
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    What does a ‘pathbreaking’ federal decision to revoke a NewRange mine permit in Minnesota mean for tribes and industry?
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    Reappraising ‘Minnesota: A State That Works’
    Fifty years after the Time magazine cover story touting Minnesota as the nation's model state, it's time to reassess.  ( 35 min )
    MinnPost launches new ‘Reappraising Minnesota’ commentary series by Dane Smith 50 years after Time cover
    Smith wrote for the Star Tribune and Pioneer Press and later served for 10 years as president of Growth & Justice, a think tank that advocated for a more equitable and sustainable economy.  ( 8 min )
    Remembering the Positively Gay Cuban Refugee Task Force
    The group helped 90 gay Cuban men fleeing the regime of Fidel Castro find new homes in Minnesota in the summer of 1980.  ( 11 min )
    Minnesota is bringing the nation closer to voter equality with passage of the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact
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    Allina Health pausing controversial scheduling practices
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    RT by @OptaAnalyst: The most goals scored and total goal involvements by players when aged under 21 years old across the top five European leagues in 2022-23. More stats: https://theanalyst.com/eu/2023/06/how-much-faith-does-your-club-show-in-young-players-2022-23/
    The most goals scored and total goal involvements by players when aged under 21 years old across the top five European leagues in 2022-23. theanalyst.com/eu/2023/06/ho…
    RT by @OptaAnalyst: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐟𝐞𝐫 𝐓𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐬 🎯 It may seem somewhat vulture-like to look for bargains from relegated teams, but we’ve done it anyway. In our Relegated Transfer Targets series, we have analysed the players at each club who are moved likely to make a move this summer.
    𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐟𝐞𝐫 𝐓𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐬 🎯 It may seem somewhat vulture-like to look for bargains from relegated teams, but we’ve done it anyway. In our Relegated Transfer Targets series, we have analysed the players at each club who are moved likely to make a move this summer.
    RT by @OptaAnalyst: No side have won a top flight league title this century across England, Spain, Italy, Germany or France having given more minutes to U21 players in a season than @FCBarcelona did in 2022-23 (8,555). More stats: https://theanalyst.com/eu/2023/06/how-much-faith-does-your-club-show-in-young-players-2022-23/
    No side have won a top flight league title this century across England, Spain, Italy, Germany or France having given more minutes to U21 players in a season than @FCBarcelona did in 2022-23 (8,555). theanalyst.com/eu/2023/06/ho…
    RT by @OptaAnalyst: Across the top five European leagues in 2022-23, @Ligue1_ENG handed the most minutes to players aged under 21 (68,212). @LaLigaEN's total of 37,873 was their highest in six seasons. More stats: https://theanalyst.com/eu/2023/06/how-much-faith-does-your-club-show-in-young-players-2022-23/
    Across the top five European leagues in 2022-23, @Ligue1_ENG handed the most minutes to players aged under 21 (68,212). @LaLigaEN's total of 37,873 was their highest in six seasons. theanalyst.com/eu/2023/06/ho…
    RT by @OptaAnalyst: Does Experience Bring Success? 👀 We look at all facts and stats for the youngest teams and players in 2022-23 across the top five European leagues. https://theanalyst.com/eu/2023/06/how-much-faith-does-your-club-show-in-u21-players-2022-23/
    Does Experience Bring Success? 👀 theanalyst.com/eu/2023/06/ho…
    RT by @OptaAnalyst: 𝐎𝐩𝐭𝐚 𝐏𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐑𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬: 2022-23 🌍 The 2022-23 league season is over for the most leagues across the world, so now is an ideal time to look at how they all rank in the Opta Power Rankings. We rank 12,934 men's teams across the world. What rank are your team?
    𝐎𝐩𝐭𝐚 𝐏𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐑𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬: 2022-23 🌍 The 2022-23 league season is over for the most leagues across the world, so now is an ideal time to look at how they all rank in the Opta Power Rankings. We rank 12,934 men's teams across the world. What rank are your team?
    RT by @OptaAnalyst: 🆕 Brand new Opta Quiz podcast 🎧 Test your Champions League knowledge against our 10 questions! Download, Listen & Subscribe now Apple - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/opta-quiz/id1691049656 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/3ffm6r8y7EtjToyE01INQg Others - https://linktr.ee/OptaQuiz https://theanalyst.com/eu/podcast/opta-quiz-no-2-uefa-champions-league/
    🆕 Brand new Opta Quiz podcast 🎧 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas… open.spotify.com/show/3ffm6r… linktr.ee/OptaQuiz theanalyst.com/eu/podcast/op…
    RT by @OptaAnalyst: European Football in 2022-23 🇪🇺 With the top five European leagues finished for the 2022-23 season, we look back over the key stats trends from the campaign. https://theanalyst.com/eu/2023/06/top-five-league-stats-goals-cards-time-wasting/
    European Football in 2022-23 🇪🇺 theanalyst.com/eu/2023/06/to…
    Uruguay won the U20 World Cup with a 1-0 victory over Italy in the final, last night. It wasn't a classic. Italy failed to attempt a single shot on target and only had four shots overall.
    Uruguay won the U20 World Cup with a 1-0 victory over Italy in the final, last night. It wasn't a classic. Italy failed to attempt a single shot on target and only had four shots overall.
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    In which we see the artistic and economic sides of Keynes in one glance. https://www.commonwealmagazine.org/john-maynard-keynes-economics-uncertainty-woolf-lears
    In which we see the artistic and economic sides of Keynes in one glance. commonwealmagazine.org/john-…
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    R Consortium Funding for R User Groups! Highlighting R-Ladies São Paulo
    The R Consortium has begun the disbursement of grants to help R User Groups (RUGS) around the world organize, share information, and support each other. We are currently accepting applications... Continue reading: R Consortium Funding for R User Groups! Highlighting R-Ladies São Paulo  ( 10 min )
    Automating End-to-End Cypress Tests in Rhino: A Guide to Seamless UI Testing for Shiny Apps
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    World Cup – World Soccer Analytics
    World Soccer Analytics Analyzing the beautiful game with a data lens Menu Skip to content Home About Contact Facebook LinkedIn Twitter Instagram R-Bloggers! Tag: World Cup August 16, 2018August 25, 2018 Stefan Gouyet Winners at the World Cup Blog at WordPress.com. Tag: World Cup August 16, 2018August 25, 2018 Stefan Gouyet Winners at the World […] Continue reading: World Cup – World Soccer Analytics  ( 7 min )
    Football – World Soccer Analytics
    World Soccer Analytics Analyzing the beautiful game with a data lens Menu Skip to content Home About Contact Facebook LinkedIn Twitter Instagram R-Bloggers! Tag: Football August 16, 2018August 25, 2018 Stefan Gouyet Winners at the World Cup August 11, 2018August 23, 2018 Stefan Gouyet A Change in Age at the Olympics August 7, 2018August 10, […] Continue reading: Football – World Soccer Analytics  ( 8 min )
    Olympics – World Soccer Analytics
    World Soccer Analytics Analyzing the beautiful game with a data lens Menu Skip to content Home About Contact Facebook LinkedIn Twitter Instagram R-Bloggers! Tag: Olympics August 11, 2018August 23, 2018 Stefan Gouyet A Change in Age at the Olympics Blog at WordPress.com. Tag: Olympics August 11, 2018August 23, 2018 Stefan Gouyet A Change in Age […] Continue reading: Olympics – World Soccer Analytics  ( 7 min )
    Comments on: How does an FA Cup Trophy Impact League Position?
    [This article was first published on worldsocceranalytics.com, and kindly contributed to R-bloggers]. (You can report issue about the content on this page here) Want to share your content on R-bloggers? click here if you have a blog, or here if you don't. To leave a comment for the author, please follow the link and comment on their blog: worldsocceranalytics.com. R-bloggers.com offers daily e-mail updates about R news and tutorials about learning R and many other topics. Click here if you're looking to post or find an R/data-science job. Want to share your content on R-bloggers? click here if you have a blog, or here if you don't. Continue reading: Comments on: How does an FA Cup Trophy Impact League Position?  ( 6 min )
    How does an FA Cup Trophy Impact League Position? – World Soccer Analytics
    How does an FA Cup Trophy Impact League Position? 1 year ago With the 2018 FA Cup now in its fourth round, I asked myself: what is the importance of the trophy in relation to league position? If the primary goal for English (and Welsh) teams is succeeding in the league, does ... Continue reading: How does an FA Cup Trophy Impact League Position? – World Soccer Analytics  ( 8 min )
    The Growth of Soccer (1872 – Present) – World Soccer Analytics
    The Growth of Soccer (1872 – Present) Soccer (football) is one of the world’s most popular sports, played and watched by millions of people all around the world. But while today it is played in virtually every country, it hasn’t always been that way.As you can see in the ... Continue reading: The Growth of Soccer (1872 – Present) – World Soccer Analytics  ( 10 min )
    Comments on: The Growth of Soccer (1872 – Present)
    [This article was first published on worldsocceranalytics.com, and kindly contributed to R-bloggers]. (You can report issue about the content on this page here) Want to share your content on R-bloggers? click here if you have a blog, or here if you don't. To leave a comment for the author, please follow the link and comment on their blog: worldsocceranalytics.com. R-bloggers.com offers daily e-mail updates about R news and tutorials about learning R and many other topics. Click here if you're looking to post or find an R/data-science job. Want to share your content on R-bloggers? click here if you have a blog, or here if you don't. Continue reading: Comments on: The Growth of Soccer (1872 – Present)  ( 6 min )
    Winners at the World Cup – World Soccer Analytics
    Winners at the World Cup The 2018 FIFA World Cup has been over for a month now but the memories are far from fading. It was a fabulous tournament, combining underdog stories, upsets, and some pretty high quality football.The World Cup has been around for 88 years now, featuring 79 national teams ... Continue reading: Winners at the World Cup – World Soccer Analytics  ( 9 min )
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    Comments on: A Change in Age at the Olympics
    [This article was first published on worldsocceranalytics.com, and kindly contributed to R-bloggers]. (You can report issue about the content on this page here) Want to share your content on R-bloggers? click here if you have a blog, or here if you don't. To leave a comment for the author, please follow the link and comment on their blog: worldsocceranalytics.com. R-bloggers.com offers daily e-mail updates about R news and tutorials about learning R and many other topics. Click here if you're looking to post or find an R/data-science job. Want to share your content on R-bloggers? click here if you have a blog, or here if you don't. Continue reading: Comments on: A Change in Age at the Olympics  ( 6 min )
    rOpenSci Champions Program Teams: Meet Cheryl Isabella Lim and Mauro Lepore
    We designed the rOpenSci Champions Program with a mentorship aspect. Mentoring plays a significant role in the growth and development of both mentors and mentees alike. In our program, each Champion has a mentor who accompanies them during their train... Continue reading: rOpenSci Champions Program Teams: Meet Cheryl Isabella Lim and Mauro Lepore  ( 9 min )
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    Three Arrows Had a Fun Bubble
    Also UBS bought Credit Suisse, are stablecoins securities, crypto funds North Korea’s missile program and Jeff Bezos bought a share of stock.  ( 2 min )
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    Final call for today’s blog on which Premier League clubs have delivered most value for money.
    Final call for today’s blog on which Premier League clubs have delivered most value for money. nitter.net/SwissRamble/status/1668151323286487041#m
    R to @SwissRamble: There's a blog explaining how these figures are calculated if people are interested (written after the semi-finals). https://swissramble.substack.com/p/champions-league-revenue-202223-estimate
    There's a blog explaining how these figures are calculated if people are interested (written after the semi-finals). swissramble.substack.com/p/c…  ( 1 min )
    R to @SwissRamble: My model suggests that Inter earned almost exactly €100m for reaching the Champions League final. Other Italian representatives: Milan €85m, Napoli €77m and Juventus €56m #Inter #Milan #SSCNapoli #Juventus
    My model suggests that Inter earned almost exactly €100m for reaching the Champions League final. Other Italian representatives: Milan €85m, Napoli €77m and Juventus €56m #Inter #Milan #SSCNapoli #Juventus  ( 1 min )
    R to @SwissRamble: West Ham earned €23m for winning the Europa Conference League, while the Europa League representatives, Manchester United and Arsenal, received €31m and €26m respectively #WHUFC #MUFC #AFC
    West Ham earned €23m for winning the Europa Conference League, while the Europa League representatives, Manchester United and Arsenal, received €31m and €26m respectively #WHUFC #MUFC #AFC  ( 1 min )
    RT by @SwissRamble: Following Manchester City's victory in Saturday's UEFA Champions League final, I estimate that they have earned €131m in TV/prize money. The other English representatives also got good money: Chelsea €94m, Liverpool €82m and Tottenham €64m #MCFC #CFC #LFC #THFC
    Following Manchester City's victory in Saturday's UEFA Champions League final, I estimate that they have earned €131m in TV/prize money. The other English representatives also got good money: Chelsea €94m, Liverpool €82m and Tottenham €64m #MCFC #CFC #LFC #THFC  ( 1 min )
    Which Premier League club delivers most bang for the buck? Lunchtime reminder of today’s blog.
    Which Premier League club delivers most bang for the buck? nitter.net/SwissRamble/status/1668151323286487041#m
    RT by @SwissRamble: A look at how Premier League clubs performed relative to their budget last season. Good news for Brentford and Brighton, while Arsenal were best of the Big Six. Not so good for Chelsea, Leicester City and Everton #BrentfordFC #BHAFC #AFC #CFC #LCFC #EFC https://swissramble.substack.com/p/best-performing-clubs-relative-to
    A look at how Premier League clubs performed relative to their budget last season. #BrentfordFC #BHAFC #AFC #CFC #LCFC #EFC swissramble.substack.com/p/b…
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    10 Great Underrated Sci-fi Films You Probably Haven’t Seen
    One of the most time-tested genres, science fiction, never fails to captivate audiences. Films of the genre have inspired the most passionate fan bases and curious forms of film criticism. Science fiction is provocative due to its ability to comment on present-day sociology despite taking place hundreds or thousands of years in the future or […]  ( 9 min )
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    The Best OXO Kitchen Equipment, According to Our Exhaustive Testing
    We compiled a list of our favorite OXO gear from our equipment reviews, including coffee makers, bench scrapers, and plastic cutting boards.  ( 42 min )
    These Are Our Favorite ThermoWorks Products from Years of Testing
    Our favorites include thermometers (duh), a timer, and even a small spatula.  ( 21 min )
    These Are Our Favorite Breville Products from Years and Years of Testing
    We went through our equipment reviews to find the best Breville products, including our favorite espresso machine and air fryer toaster oven.  ( 28 min )
    Why a Mighty, Magnetic Knife Strip Is One of the Best Ways to Store Your Knives
    We’ve tested a variety of knife storage options and can safely say the Jonathan Alden magnetic knife strip is one of our favorite ways to store blades.  ( 11 min )
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    #SCOTUS issues orders from last week's conference, but does not grant any new cases. Order list is here: https://www.supremecourt.gov/orders/courtorders/061223zor_d18f.pdf
    #SCOTUS issues orders from last week's conference, but does not grant any new cases. Order list is here: supremecourt.gov/orders/cour…
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    Inside the Race to Build a $1.2 Billion Fish Barricade
    The Brandon Road Interbasin Project is the Great Lakes’ best line of defense against invasive carp. It will be a gauntlet of barriers that will take years to install, all in the hopes that the advancing carp may turn around and leave the lakes alone. But the fish may get there before it’s complete.  ( 19 min )
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    Designing a Comics Page: Frames, Accents & Phrases
    I asked my Creating Comics class which version of this panel they preferred, unframed or framed: It’s from a comic I’ve been working on, and I think everyone agreed on the first. The framed version, they said, felt too claustrophobic — though if that’s the effect I wanted the scene to evoke, they said, then […]  ( 9 min )
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    RT by @BayesianIn: "Causality in Practice" colloquium, by @CNRS, takes place this week at @PascalInstitut (Orsay 🇫🇷) 👉 https://quarter-on-causality.github.io/practice/ We are happy to have Benjamin Heymann there to talk about “Causal Inference with Information Algebras”. ⏰Today at 2:15 PM https://arxiv.org/pdf/2108.03099.pdf
    "Causality in Practice" colloquium, by @CNRS, takes place this week at @PascalInstitut (Orsay 🇫🇷) 👉 quarter-on-causality.github.… arxiv.org/pdf/2108.03099.pdf
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    A step toward safe and reliable autopilots for flying
    A new AI-based approach for controlling autonomous robots satisfies the often-conflicting goals of safety and stability.  ( 9 min )
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    Let the great world spin
    I first heard the song “Fireflies,” by Owl City, shortly after my junior year of college. During the refrain, singer Adam Young almost whispers, “I’d like to make myself believe / that planet Earth turns slowly.” Goosebumps prickled along my … Continue reading →  ( 13 min )
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    RT by @pixelatedboat: You straight up could not do anything this funny on tv anymore
    You straight up could not do anything this funny on tv anymore
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    Nature research paper: Dendrite initiation and propagation in lithium metal solid-state batteries https://go.nature.com/3WVEpLe
    Nature research paper: Dendrite initiation and propagation in lithium metal solid-state batteries go.nature.com/3WVEpLe
    Nature research paper: Organic–inorganic covalent–ionic molecules for elastic ceramic plastic https://go.nature.com/3NguUTA
    Nature research paper: Organic–inorganic covalent–ionic molecules for elastic ceramic plastic go.nature.com/3NguUTA
    Nature research paper: Northwest African Neolithic initiated by migrants from Iberia and Levant https://go.nature.com/42oSeTC
    Nature research paper: Northwest African Neolithic initiated by migrants from Iberia and Levant go.nature.com/42oSeTC
    RT by @Nature: Fifty years ago, the Black–Scholes formula transformed financial markets and mathematical finance research https://go.nature.com/3NjZZpv
    Fifty years ago, the Black–Scholes formula transformed financial markets and mathematical finance research go.nature.com/3NjZZpv
    Nature research paper: Ultraviolet radiation shapes dendritic cell leukaemia transformation in the skin https://go.nature.com/3MZvTX6
    Nature research paper: Ultraviolet radiation shapes dendritic cell leukaemia transformation in the skin go.nature.com/3MZvTX6
    Nature research paper: Health system-scale language models are all-purpose prediction engines https://go.nature.com/3J1ZSMX
    Nature research paper: Health system-scale language models are all-purpose prediction engines go.nature.com/3J1ZSMX
    Nature research paper: Interchange reconnection as the source of the fast solar wind within coronal holes https://go.nature.com/43MXD7Z
    Nature research paper: Interchange reconnection as the source of the fast solar wind within coronal holes go.nature.com/43MXD7Z
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    RT by @pixelatedboat: This, uh, was not in the original post
    This, uh, was not in the original post nitter.net/kawaki0707/status/1668021791460061188#m
    RT by @pixelatedboat: I really want to buy this shirt! Does anybody know where I can buy it?
    I really want to buy this shirt! Does anybody know where I can buy it?
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    A hearty Filipino pork dish that pairs well with beer. https://www.seriouseats.com/sizzling-sisig-5196333?taid=648643fdab5b6700017329e1&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    A hearty Filipino pork dish that pairs well with beer. seriouseats.com/sizzling-sis…
    Fried green plantain chips seasoned lightly with salt are a popular snack all over the Caribbean and Central and South America. The key to success is cutting uniform slices for even cooking. https://www.seriouseats.com/fried-plantain-chips?taid=648635e3ab5b6700017326f6&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    Fried green plantain chips seasoned lightly with salt are a popular snack all over the Caribbean and Central and South America. The key to success is cutting uniform slices for even cooking. seriouseats.com/fried-planta…
    Flecked with black sesame seeds, these buttermilk biscuits have a beautiful nuttiness that pairs well with everything from fried chicken to Japanese onsen tamago. https://www.seriouseats.com/black-sesame-buttermilk-biscuit-recipe?taid=648627da137e40000183cf44&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    Flecked with black sesame seeds, these buttermilk biscuits have a beautiful nuttiness that pairs well with everything from fried chicken to Japanese onsen tamago. seriouseats.com/black-sesame…
    Easy to throw together, this springtime vegetable tart is loaded with tender fresh green produce and flavorful cheese. https://www.seriouseats.com/savory-asparagus-mushroom-leek-and-cheese-galette?taid=64860bb7ab5b670001731f17&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    Easy to throw together, this springtime vegetable tart is loaded with tender fresh green produce and flavorful cheese. seriouseats.com/savory-aspar…
    A start-to-finish guide to cooking the perfect Japanese breakfast. https://www.seriouseats.com/how-to-make-a-japanese-breakfast?taid=6485fda7cf93b30001ec16a8&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    A start-to-finish guide to cooking the perfect Japanese breakfast. seriouseats.com/how-to-make-…
    Tomatoes, onion, and fragrant spices transform plain scrambled eggs into a wonderfully flavorful meal in a matter of minutes. https://www.seriouseats.com/anda-bhurji-spicy-indian-scrambled-eggs-recipe?taid=6485e19af016640001100b3d&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    Tomatoes, onion, and fragrant spices transform plain scrambled eggs into a wonderfully flavorful meal in a matter of minutes. seriouseats.com/anda-bhurji-…
    From mouth-numbing Sichuan peppercorn wings to Korean-style fire chicken and anchovy banchan, these spicy snacks pack a fiery punch. https://www.seriouseats.com/spicy-snacks-7097027?taid=6485d386db7769000117e423&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    From mouth-numbing Sichuan peppercorn wings to Korean-style fire chicken and anchovy banchan, these spicy snacks pack a fiery punch. seriouseats.com/spicy-snacks…
    Pay attention to technique to perfect this classic recipe, and you'll have a quick and satisfying meal on your hands. https://www.seriouseats.com/tortilla-espanola-spanish-potato-omelette-recipe?taid=6485b761d4faf00001b59bde&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    Pay attention to technique to perfect this classic recipe, and you'll have a quick and satisfying meal on your hands. seriouseats.com/tortilla-esp…
    Old Fashioneds, negronis, martinis, and more: the old standbys that every self-respecting cocktail aficionado should be able to make. https://www.seriouseats.com/cocktails-everyone-should-know?taid=64851cadd4faf00001b586b3&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    Old Fashioneds, negronis, martinis, and more: the old standbys that every self-respecting cocktail aficionado should be able to make. seriouseats.com/cocktails-ev…
    Quick-cooking flank steak and bitter dandelion greens combine with sweet peach wedges for a full one-pan dinner that's ready in just 15 minutes. https://www.seriouseats.com/flank-steak-with-bitter-greens-and-peaches-is-a-one-pan-wonder?taid=64850e9bf0166400010feda2&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    Quick-cooking flank steak and bitter dandelion greens combine with sweet peach wedges for a full one-pan dinner that's ready in just 15 minutes. seriouseats.com/flank-steak-…
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    Brauer's Lemma
    "Brauer's Lemma" shows up in one proof of the Wedderburn--Artin Theorem. But what does this lemma say, and why is it true?  ( 7 min )
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    Brauer's Lemma
    "Brauer's Lemma" shows up in one proof of the Wedderburn--Artin Theorem. But what does this lemma say, and why is it true?  ( 7 min )
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    RT by @ground_guru: In 1988, a young Claudio Ranieri arrived at Cagliari in Serie C and took them to TWO successive promotions to Serie A. In December, a 71 year old Ranieri came in with the task to bring Cagliari back to Serie A - mission accomplished ✅🇮🇹 🎥 @CronacheTweet
    In 1988, a young Claudio Ranieri arrived at Cagliari in Serie C and took them to TWO successive promotions to Serie A. @CronacheTweet
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    Making Criticism Hurt Less: Surviving Negative Feedback From Writing Clients
    How to take the sting out of constructive criticism Continue reading on The Writing Cooperative »  ( 10 min )
    Mistakes I Would Avoid If I Could Start My Writing Business All Over Again
    And the value of failing along the way Continue reading on The Writing Cooperative »  ( 15 min )
    The Straight Skinny on Semicolons (aka “Supercommas”)
    Including when they really should be used in your writing Continue reading on The Writing Cooperative »  ( 7 min )
    2 Important Lessons Learned From 3 Years of Writing About Health and Fitness
    They apply to all areas of communication and content development Continue reading on The Writing Cooperative »  ( 10 min )
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    Ravens on the garden path
    I just ran across a particularly impressive garden path sentence in Bernd Heinrich's book RAVENS IN WINTER (p. 268); it took me several tries to get this sentence to parse grammatically: "Even the wolverine is said to do nothing to drive ravens off that land beside it and steal its food." (Of course parsing is […]  ( 9 min )
    Thai to English translation gets injected with Tamil
    [This is a guest post by Charles Belov] I pasted the following Thai, which I got from a YouTube channel, into Google translate. The results were mostly in English, but Google Translate injected some apparent Tamil as well and then just gives up and leaves some of the Thai untranslated. "ตลอดระยะเวลาการทำงานในวงการบันเทิงมันทำให้เราได้เรียนรู้ว่าจริงๆ เเล้วความสุขอยู่รอบตัวเราไปหมด เเล้วความสุขมันง่ายมาก จริงๆ บางทีความสุขมันก็ไม่ต้องมีเงินเยอะมากมาย […]  ( 8 min )
    Quirky speech-to-text, weird diarization
    From Daniel Deutsch: We had a long drive yesterday, so we listened to a “robot” reading the entire indictment. It certainly isn’t flawless, but I was surprised by how good it is, especially when it gets “excited” while enacting dialogue. Indeed, the text-to-speech quality is quite good — though unfortunately they don't tell us which […]  ( 8 min )
    Apostrophes in Hanyu Pinyin
    The most famous instance of the use of an apostrophe in Hanyu Pinyin romanization is in the place name "Xi'an", the capital of Shaanxi (the doubled "a" is another story) Province. Xī'ān 西安 — two characters signifying "Western Peace" If you don't use an apostrophe to separate the syllables, you end up with the monosyllable […]  ( 9 min )
    ChatGPT has a sense of humor (sort of)
    Benj Edwards has a mirthful article in Ars Technica (6/9/23) Researchers discover that ChatGPT prefers repeating 25 jokes over and over When tested, "Over 90% of 1,008 generated jokes were the same 25 jokes." [includes an AI generated image of "a laughing robot"] On Wednesday, two German researchers, Sophie Jentzsch and Kristian Kersting, released a […]  ( 11 min )
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    in general it would be good for primaries to be majoritarian (given they remain single-winner, which we constantly chose to settle for and don’t have to use!), even if in this case the NC GOP would be doing it for the wrong reasons
    in general it would be good for primaries to be majoritarian (given they remain single-winner, which we constantly chose to settle for and don’t have to use!), even if in this case the NC GOP would be doing it for the wrong reasons nitter.net/geoffreyvs/status/1667685386762727427#m
    reminder that the sample sizes for these subgroups are often in the double or single digits
    reminder that the sample sizes for these subgroups are often in the double or single digits nitter.net/BradWilcoxIFS/status/1667932309197029376#m
    my best guess at the rank of potential outcomes of 2024 GOP primary by probability: - trump wins - trump loses, but not because he is sentenced in federal documents case - trump is sentenced in federal documents case and loses because of it - trump wins from prison
    my best guess at the rank of potential outcomes of 2024 GOP primary by probability: nitter.net/AaronBlake/status/1667893341101387776#m
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    Particles from air pollution could worsen the spread and severity of #H1N1 viruses, suggests a new study in mice from @ScienceAdvances. https://scim.ag/2XC
    Particles from air pollution could worsen the spread and severity of #H1N1 viruses, suggests a new study in mice from @ScienceAdvances. scim.ag/2XC
    There’s more to #RNA viruses than diseases. In a study last year, researchers identified thousands of RNA viruses in the ocean. The sequences filled previously missing gaps, confirming hypotheses regarding the evolution of RNA viruses. https://scim.ag/2Xw #ScienceMagArchives
    There’s more to #RNA viruses than diseases. scim.ag/2Xw #ScienceMagArchives
    Soil microbiota transplanted from more stressful environmental conditions, such as drought or excessive heat or cold, can enhance tree tolerance to changing climates, researchers report in Science. 📄: https://scim.ag/2Xq #SciencePerspective: https://scim.ag/2Xp
    Soil microbiota transplanted from more stressful environmental conditions, such as drought or excessive heat or cold, can enhance tree tolerance to changing climates, researchers report in Science. scim.ag/2Xq #SciencePerspective: scim.ag/2Xp
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    After decades of monitoring, researchers reported in 2020 that they had detected a subtle shift in the orbit of the closest known star to the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way—matching Einstein’s theory precisely. #ScienceMagArchives https://scim.ag/2XA
    After decades of monitoring, researchers reported in 2020 that they had detected a subtle shift in the orbit of the closest known star to the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way—matching Einstein’s theory precisely. #ScienceMagArchives scim.ag/2XA
    The scalloped hammerhead may be the only fish to employ this strategy during deep dives, keeping chilly water out of its body. https://scim.ag/2Xu
    The scalloped hammerhead may be the only fish to employ this strategy during deep dives, keeping chilly water out of its body. scim.ag/2Xu
    If this study rings true, elephants would become the only known animal besides humans and bonobos to have domesticated themselves. https://scim.ag/2Xm
    If this study rings true, elephants would become the only known animal besides humans and bonobos to have domesticated themselves. scim.ag/2Xm
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    Mark Zandi on changing odds of recession
    Taken from Twitter: What recession? The consensus view that recession was virtually a slam dunk looks increasingly off base. Yes, there will eventually be one, but odds that a downturn is dead ahead are receding. There are a bunch of reasons why the economy is hanging tough. Here are my top three… First, excess savings. […] The post Mark Zandi on changing odds of recession appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments This has not been an aggressive rate raising regime. We are ... by Yancey Ward In reply to dearieme. This is similar to the “Drill Baby ... by Cancelled for wongthink In reply to steve. Inflation in 2021 was transitory because ... by Cancelled for wongthink For those of you who believe we have recently had a recession ... by dude In reply to hendricks. Ages ago I gave a talk to a bunch of ... by Dismalist Plus 10 more... Related Stories Free Formatting For All on First Submission! Why mediocre gdp growth and a strong labor market? The nuclear polity that is Georgia  ( 7 min )
    Sunday assorted links
    1. A look at IAEA for AI. 2. Price controls: too early for a victory lap. 3. David Pogue reviews Apple Vision Pro (WSJ).  And Raymond Wong on the same. 4. John Cochrane on discount rates. 5. Ross on whether the government wants you to believe in UFOs (NYT). 6. How does college alter political […] The post Sunday assorted links appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments In reply to PHinton. Something else amazing: Gen-Z LGBT ... by PHinton In reply to Dismalist. Does 'greedinflation' explain why ... by Bazza 4. Good post by Cochrane. I discussed discount rates with ... by ralph In reply to Bob. Nintendo has never emphasized cutting edge. ... by sxb #5 No matter how absurd or wasteful, no government program ... by Rebes Plus 10 more...  ( 6 min )
    *Goodbye Eastern Europe*
    The author is Jacob Mikanowski and the subtitle is An Intimate History of a Divided Land.  Might this be the best overall book on how Eastern Europe ended up so different (but not entirely different) from Western Europe?  I’ll be doing a CWT with him later this fall (hold your suggestions for now, and I’ll […] The post *Goodbye Eastern Europe* appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments In reply to Maybe when speaking German?. The term “Eastern ... by PK In reply to Hoosier. The Balkan were influenced much more ... by Valentin In reply to Dino the Isaurian. Some ppl argue Australia and ... by M In reply to Marian Kechlibar. The problem here is that just ... by Maybe when speaking German? In reply to … Western Brand. But that is present in most US ... by US Feudalism - A thing? Plus 10 more... Related Stories *Medieval Horizons: Why the Middle Ages Matter* What should I ask Ada Palmer? My excellent Conversation with Peter Singer  ( 6 min )
    *Medieval Horizons: Why the Middle Ages Matter*
    Ian Mortimer is the author of this excellent book, here was one of my favorite bits: It may seem preposterous today to describe a 5 mph increase in the maximum land speed as revolutionary.  It sounds like someone pointing to a hillock and calling it a mountain.  But it was revolutionary, for a number of […] The post *Medieval Horizons: Why the Middle Ages Matter* appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments In reply to mkt42. England was divided into multiple smaller ... by Jonfraz In reply to Pavel. Faster road travel would have simply ... by Bazza The quote is a weirdly mixed bag. It starts by describing a ... by Worley In reply to Eliot Johnson. This remains a point of ... by mkt42 In reply to Not really, as cavalry is not the same as a single ... by Eliot Johnson Plus 10 more... Related Stories *Goodbye Eastern Europe* What should I ask Ada Palmer? Orwell Against Progress  ( 8 min )
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    Watching Socceraid purely for the Francesco Totti - Usain Bolt combo. Totti receiving the ball between the lines and slipping in Bolt for the opener (having sprinted in behind so fast that the right-back has done his Achilles trying to keep up) is exactly what I wanted, thanks.
    Watching Socceraid purely for the Francesco Totti - Usain Bolt combo. Totti receiving the ball between the lines and slipping in Bolt for the opener (having sprinted in behind so fast that the right-back has done his Achilles trying to keep up) is exactly what I wanted, thanks.
    RT by @Zonal_Marking: Analysis of the Champions League final. Stones as a RB->No8 rather than a CB->No6. How it worked, how it didn't, and how it played a part in the winning goal. https://theathletic.com/4600447/2023/06/11/john-stones-man-city-final
    Analysis of the Champions League final. Stones as a RB->No8 rather than a CB->No6. How it worked, how it didn't, and how it played a part in the winning goal. theathletic.com/4600447/2023…
    The last tactics pod of the season - analysis of last night’s game. Thanks very much to those who have listened throughout 2022/23! https://podfollow.com/athletic-tactics-pod/episode/99b817e80595ba0bb6106fb6541a57c800623542/view
    The last tactics pod of the season - analysis of last night’s game. Thanks very much to those who have listened throughout 2022/23! podfollow.com/athletic-tacti…
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    The loneliest kind of lonely
    This post is by Lizzie. I took the photo on Tuesday at a Sforza fortress in Bellinzona. The museum currently also has an installation by Zimoun, who also did `36 ventilators, 4.7m3 packing chips.’ I recently read Tree Story: The … Continue reading →  ( 12 min )
    Joe Simmons, Leif Nelson, and Uri Simonsohn agree with us regarding the much publicized but implausible and unsubstantiated claims of huge effects from nudge interventions
    We wrote about this last year in our post, PNAS GIGO QRP WTF: This meta-analysis of nudge experiments is approaching the platonic ideal of junk science and our followup PNAS article, No reason to expect large and consistent effects of … Continue reading →  ( 14 min )
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    I miss playing squash. Let me know if you’re in NYC and want to play.
    I miss playing squash. Let me know if you’re in NYC and want to play.
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    i want to game and game and game until my dick turns Purple
    i want to game and game and game until my dick turns Purple
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    The 10 Best Genre-Bending Movies Of All Time
    Movies like to play with genre in more ways than one. Whether it’s subverting the audience’s expectations about what kind of film they are about to see or combining multiple genres in order to create a unique and idealised experience, there are endless possibilities when it comes to how filmmakers present their take on convention. […]  ( 10 min )
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    Characteristics of defined benefit retirement plans in 2022 https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2023/characteristics-of-defined-benefit-retirement-plans-in-2022.htm #BLSdata
    Characteristics of defined benefit retirement plans in 2022 bls.gov/opub/ted/2023/charac… #BLSdata
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    R to @beenwrekt: Maybe a dark example here: which is better evidence of the theory of relativity? The Michelson–Morley experiment or the nuclear bomb?
    Maybe a dark example here: which is better evidence of the theory of relativity? The Michelson–Morley experiment or the nuclear bomb?
    R to @beenwrekt: In order to find out "what's true," you have to find out "what works."
    In order to find out "what's true," you have to find out "what works."
    R to @beenwrekt: My take (which is probably wrong but I want to know why) is most of the retrospectively big successes in science were coupled to big successes in engineering.
    My take (which is probably wrong but I want to know why) is most of the retrospectively big successes in science were coupled to big successes in engineering.  ( 2 min )
    R to @beenwrekt: There has never been a time in science when most published findings were true. And yet, many disciplines managed to have a profound impact nonetheless, why?
    There has never been a time in science when most published findings were true. And yet, many disciplines managed to have a profound impact nonetheless, why?
    This is a great thread. But there is an alternative conclusion: Reproducibility crises themselves are overblown and missing the point.
    This is a great thread. But there is an alternative conclusion: Reproducibility crises themselves are overblown and missing the point. nitter.net/dandekadt/status/1667831071541526528#m
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    I just don’t know if we get our freaking hypocrisy
    I just don’t know if we get our freaking hypocrisy  ( 1 min )
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    RT by @tetraduzione: Just realized: only 2 more days until I get to visit @EmtiyazKhan @RIKEN_AIP_EN in Tokyo for https://bayesduality.github.io/workshop/ Looking really forward to staying in Japan until June 28th & many amazing discussion. Lots of plans already, but if you want to meet, I’m sure we can arrange!
    Just realized: only 2 more days until I get to visit @EmtiyazKhan @RIKEN_AIP_EN in Tokyo for bayesduality.github.io/works… Looking really forward to staying in Japan until June 28th & many amazing discussion. Lots of plans already, but if you want to meet, I’m sure we can arrange!
    RT by @tetraduzione: “Hinton fears we will be manipulated by the machine; I would claim we are already manipulated by a machine. It consists of the corporate interests of a handful of companies that make vast profits on the back of our personal information” 🔥🔥
    “Hinton fears we will be manipulated by the machine; I would claim we are already manipulated by a machine. It consists of the corporate interests of a handful of companies that make vast profits on the back of our personal information” nitter.net/lawrennd/status/1667787547290791937#m
    RT by @tetraduzione: Our lives may be enhanced by AI, but Big Tech just sees dollar signs https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/our-lives-may-be-enhanced-by-ai-but-big-tech-just-sees-dollar-signs-2g5xcsk35
    Our lives may be enhanced by AI, but Big Tech just sees dollar signs thetimes.co.uk/article/our-l…
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    72% of landlords?
    Chris Luxon, via Q+A: “72% of all landlords are Mum & Dad investors… they are not evil property speculators” This is attracting a lot of comment, because it can be interpreted as two quite different claims: either that the landlord of a randomly chosen rental has a 72% chance of being a “Mum & Dad […] 72% of landlords? first appeared on Stats Chat.  ( 6 min )

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    Nature research paper: Epigenetic dysregulation from chromosomal transit in micronuclei https://go.nature.com/3qzRNbW
    Nature research paper: Epigenetic dysregulation from chromosomal transit in micronuclei go.nature.com/3qzRNbW
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    RT by @tetraduzione: Researchers discover that ChatGPT prefers repeating 25 jokes over and over | Ars Technica 🙏 for featuring our work. Was a lot of fun 🤣All the credits to @sciphie. https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/06/researchers-discover-that-chatgpt-prefers-repeating-25-jokes-over-and-over/
    Researchers discover that ChatGPT prefers repeating 25 jokes over and over | Ars Technica 🙏 for featuring our work. Was a lot of fun 🤣All the credits to @sciphie. arstechnica.com/information-…
    Q: How to use #normalizing #flows for #causal #inference? and why should they work? A: 👉https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.05415v1
    Q: How to use #normalizing #flows for #causal #inference? and why should they work? arxiv.org/abs/2306.05415v1 nitter.net/javaloyML/status/1667154628998230020#m
    don't label me! (if you are in #Edinburgh and wanna chat about #ML #AI and all the rest, you can find me at @InfAtEd @EdinburghUni, third floor)
    don't label me! #Edinburgh and wanna chat about #ML #AI and all the rest, you can find me at @InfAtEd @EdinburghUni, third floor)
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    technical steps
    After procrastinating as much as feasible, I switched at last to (K)Ubuntu 22.04, Jammy Jellyfish, after security updates stopped for the 20.04 version. While this proceeded mostly without hiccups, the upgrade stalled when upgrading Firefox, which I had foolishly left open. When I turned it off and completed the upgrade, this erased all of my […]  ( 6 min )
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    We moved five House ratings on Thursday following the Supreme Court's ruling in Allen v. Milligan, which reaffirms a lower court ruling that Alabama is obligated to draw a new congressional map. See them all here: https://www.cookpolitical.com/analysis/house/redistricting/surprise-scotus-alabama-ruling-huge-win-democrats-civil-rights-groups
    We moved five House ratings on Thursday following the Supreme Court's ruling in Allen v. Milligan, which reaffirms a lower court ruling that Alabama is obligated to draw a new congressional map. cookpolitical.com/analysis/h…
    "Trying to link a Republican who doesn't look, act, sound or vote like Trump with MAGA will be" a challenge for Democrats in 2024. @amyewalter on the biggest winners of the debt ceiling showdown: https://www.cookpolitical.com/analysis/national/national-politics/biggest-winners-debt-ceiling-deal-vulnerable-house-republicans
    "Trying to link a Republican who doesn't look, act, sound or vote like Trump with MAGA will be" a challenge for Democrats in 2024. @amyewalter on the biggest winners of the debt ceiling showdown: cookpolitical.com/analysis/n…
    Several candidates have entered the 2024 Republican primary field in recent weeks. @CharlieCookDC does a little delegate math and explains why that's good news for Donald Trump. https://www.cookpolitical.com/analysis/national/national-politics/more-republicans-enter-race-trump-solidifies-his-lead
    Several candidates have entered the 2024 Republican primary field in recent weeks. @CharlieCookDC does a little delegate math and explains why that's good news for Donald Trump. cookpolitical.com/analysis/n…
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    "Steak the First"
    Enlightening article by Peter Backhaus in The Japan Times (6/9/23): "Za grammar notes: How to properly handle the 'the' in Japanese" Japanese seems to be able to assimilate any English word, including the ubiquitous definite article "the", which is unlike anything in Japanese itself. If there’s something like a Murphy’s Law for syntax, the name […]  ( 11 min )
    "The beautiful mind paper boxes"
    The most recent Trump indictment reproduces this exchange of text messages (p. 11) : Trump Employee 2: We can definitely make it work if we move his papers into the lake room? Trump Employee 1: There is still a little room in the shower where his other stuff is. Is it only his papers he […]  ( 9 min )
    InternLM
    As I am about to deliver a keynote address to an international conference on Chinese language pedagogy, I receive news of this new LLM that knocks my socks off: InternLM is a multilingual large language model jointly developed by Shanghai AI Lab and SenseTime (with equal contribution), in collaboration with the Chinese University of Hong […]  ( 9 min )
    ChatGPT does Emily Dickinson writing a recipe for Pad Thai (and haiku too)
    From Scott D. Seligman via Facebook:   ChatGPT is really creeping me out. I asked it for a recipe for Pad Thai in the form of an Emily Dickinson poem. I'm no poetry maven, but the damned thing seems to have the ability to turn a phrase, at least some of the time. Below is […]  ( 11 min )
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    How to Craft Beautiful Poems: Put Your Emotions into Pages
    Touch the souls with stunning verses  ( 13 min )
    How Stepping Away from Writing Level up Your Writing Capability
    Break free and write better Continue reading on The Writing Cooperative »  ( 13 min )
    The Elements of Storytelling: How To Write an Immersive Setting
    Treating your setting like a character is at the heart of making an immersive world Continue reading on The Writing Cooperative »  ( 18 min )
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    Funny game. Rodri and Ederson looked the least composed players on the pitch in the first half yet end up providing the big moments.
    Funny game. Rodri and Ederson looked the least composed players on the pitch in the first half yet end up providing the big moments.
    R to @Zonal_Marking: Just want to reiterate the “so far” there
    Just want to reiterate the “so far” there  ( 1 min )
    Dzeko’s had a really good campaign but didn’t really understand the point of using him here.
    Dzeko’s had a really good campaign but didn’t really understand the point of using him here.
    Rodri’s performance so far is a good advert for Guardiola’s team selection two years ago
    Rodri’s performance so far is a good advert for Guardiola’s team selection two years ago
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    RT by @pixelatedboat: This thread is one of the funniest examples I’ve seen of the t-shirt bot problem on here
    This thread is one of the funniest examples I’ve seen of the t-shirt bot problem on here nitter.net/dyingscribe/status/1667328802488307713#m
    RT by @pixelatedboat: The indisputable best cut in any Spielberg movie ever
    The indisputable best cut in any Spielberg movie ever
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    This cycle, the Milligan decision and possibility of new outcome in NY redistricting legal fight could make the House a Toss Up.
    This cycle, the Milligan decision and possibility of new outcome in NY redistricting legal fight could make the House a Toss Up. nitter.net/Redistrict/status/1562295564557066240#m
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    The ability to measure things plays a central role in how humans understand and interact with the surrounding world. A new Science study investigates the development and use of body-based measurements across more than 180 cultures. https://scim.ag/2Xk
    The ability to measure things plays a central role in how humans understand and interact with the surrounding world. scim.ag/2Xk
    A new #SciencePerspectives looks at the current approaches and challenges facing regenerative medicine. https://scim.ag/2Xh
    A new #SciencePerspectives looks at the current approaches and challenges facing regenerative medicine. scim.ag/2Xh
    In a Science study last year, researchers with the #HumanCellAtlas consortium presented the #TabulaSapiens dataset, a particularly broad cell atlas that provides a molecular definition of more than 400 cell types across 24 organs. https://scim.ag/2X7 #ScienceMagArchives
    In a Science study last year, researchers with the #HumanCellAtlas consortium presented the #TabulaSapiens dataset, a particularly broad cell atlas that provides a molecular definition of more than 400 cell types across 24 organs. scim.ag/2X7 #ScienceMagArchives
    Join #ScienceWebinars for their next #webinar broadcast live on 14 June at 12 p.m. ET ⬇️ Go with the flow: Advancing cell and #GeneTherapy with #FlowCytometry Register today ➡️ https://scim.ag/2X3
    Join #ScienceWebinars for their next #webinar broadcast live on 14 June at 12 p.m. ET ⬇️ #GeneTherapy with #FlowCytometry scim.ag/2X3
    Using a lentivirus to facilitate expression of an immune receptor antagonist into transplantable hematopoietic stem cells, researchers demonstrate a process that can ameliorate several IL-1-based autoimmune disorders in mice. https://scim.ag/2X1 @ScienceTM
    Using a lentivirus to facilitate expression of an immune receptor antagonist into transplantable hematopoietic stem cells, researchers demonstrate a process that can ameliorate several IL-1-based autoimmune disorders in mice. scim.ag/2X1 @ScienceTM
    New in Science: MRI data from more than 40,000 UK Biobank participants reveals the intertwined nature of heart and brain health in humans. The results could help identify new potential therapeutic targets. https://scim.ag/2WZ
    New in Science: MRI data from more than 40,000 UK Biobank participants reveals the intertwined nature of heart and brain health in humans. scim.ag/2WZ
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    Virtue signaling on Twitter
    We study whether tweets about racial justice predict the offline behaviors of nearly 20,000 US academics. In an audit study, academics that tweet about racial justice discriminate more in favor of minority students than academics that do not tweet about racial justice. Racial justice tweets are more predictive of race-related political tweets than political contributions, […] The post Virtue signaling on Twitter appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments In reply to Paul Wall. My grammarian side likes the correct ... by Moral Panic In reply to Cancelled for wongthink. BLM = Buying Large ... by DeQuan In reply to Jack QR. The paper, itself, is a form of virtue ... by hank the woke & pear-shaped at youtube canned jordan peterson for ... by community notes In reply to Dorey. There should be some metrics to support ... by steve Plus 10 more... Related Stories Kenya facts of the day Economics, Hayek, and Large Language Models Emergent Ventures winners, 26th cohort  ( 6 min )
    Saturday assorted links
    1. Negative real wage growth accounts for negative macroeconomic perceptions. 2. Those new (Chinese) service sector jobs. 3. Octopuses redesign their own brains when they get cold. 4. “It irritates lots of folks to note this, but US trade with the Indo Pacific actually picked up after Trump said no to TPP” 5. Tharman is […] The post Saturday assorted links appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments In reply to skyzyks. I suppose a human generated the ... by Moral Panic Of course hes funny, remember ChatGPT 4 was trained for years ... by Antony T In reply to mkt42. Whoops, this was meant to be a reply to ... by mkt42 Right, this recent result fits with other research that ... by mkt42 In reply to Keith. One might think it's obvious that, of ... by BC Plus 10 more...  ( 6 min )
    Free Formatting For All on First Submission!
    Many years ago I was incredulous when my wife told me she had to format a paper to meet a journal’s guidelines before it was accepted! Who could favor such a dumb policy? In economics, the rule is you make your paper look good but you don’t have to fulfill all the journal’s guidelines until after […] The post Free Formatting For All on First Submission! appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments I'm a serious LLM skeptic, but reformatting documents to meet ... by Kaleberg In reply to dan1111. If journal shopping were the issue, only ... by Alex Tabarrok In reply to dan1111. I knew without even looking that this ... by Asher In reply to Moses Taylor. No, they restricted it to ... by Humphrey Konishi Seems like this might function as a signal of ... by Michael Wulfsohn Plus 10 more... Related Stories Emergent Ventures winners, 26th cohort Air Pollution Redux The Poop Detective  ( 7 min )
    Kenya facts of the day
    The total fertility rate for 2019 was 3.4 births which marks a drop of about one birth from 4.8 births in 2009. But here is the more interesting part: The gap between the highest and lowest TFR continues to increase – which is lowest at 2.5 children in Nairobi and 8 children per woman in […] The post Kenya facts of the day appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments Mandera county isn't “forgotten.” It's heavily subject to ... by Tom T. In reply to sxb. And on Tyler's latest conversation with ... by Moral Panic That maternal mortality rate is incredibly high but the women ... by steve In reply to Magus. Well it appears dysgenic for distance ... by Formerly K In reply to Magus. Cremieux found a dysgenic trend of 1.5 IQ ... by Facixe Plus 9 more... Related Stories The Poop Detective Evidence from Italy’s ChatGPT Ban How the Russian Revolution boosted Marx’s influence  ( 6 min )
    Why mediocre gdp growth and a strong labor market?
    That is the topic of my latest Blooomberg column.  This exercise is speculative, but here is my tentative resolution: Workers have been undergoing a serious crisis of morale since the pandemic — and they really are doing less. So businesses, in turn, have to hire more of them just to keep pace. Does this hypothesis […] The post Why mediocre gdp growth and a strong labor market? appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments In reply to Ringo. How productive was Charlie Parker, stoned ... by rsm 《Why mediocre gdp growth and a strong labor market?》 Are ... by rsm In reply to Matt2. The way one of my bosses described this is ... by (Not That) Bill O'Reilly In reply to Mike in Va. If your supervisors have noticed ... by BC Actually Tyler is 100% backward in his explanation. ... by Clint Plus 10 more... Related Stories Free Formatting For All on First Submission! Economics, Hayek, and Large Language Models Air Pollution Redux  ( 7 min )
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    The way I hollered at this!! Best first laugh of the day!! So funny!
    The way I hollered at this!! Best first laugh of the day!! So funny!
    Guess who coming to your city Toronto?! ME!! Just For Laughs Festival Saturday, September 23 Meridian Hall Toronto, ON 7pm @justforlaughs
    Guess who coming to your city Toronto?! ME!! Just For Laughs Festival @justforlaughs
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    RT by @ZoubinGhahrama1: Pale Blue Dot is a photo of Earth that was taken by the Voyager 1 space probe in 1990 from a distance of about 6 billion kilometers (3.7 billion miles) as it was leaving our solar system. This is what Carl Sagan said about the photo: "Look again at that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it, everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate of our joy and suffering, thousands of confident religions, ideologies, and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilization, every king and peasant, every young couple in love, every mother and father, hopeful child, inventor, and explorer, every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every 'superstar,' every 'supreme leader,' every saint and sinner in the history of our species lived there — on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam. The Earth is the only world known so far to harbor life. There is nowhere else, at least in the near future, to which our species could migrate. Visit, yes. Settle, not yet. Like it or not, for the moment the Earth is where we make our stand. It has been said that astronomy is a humbling and character-building experience. There is perhaps no better demonstration of the folly of human conceits than this distant image of our tiny world. To me, it underscores our responsibility to deal more kindly with one another, and to preserve and cherish the pale blue dot, the only home we've ever known.”
    Pale Blue Dot is a photo of Earth that was taken by the Voyager 1 space probe in 1990 from a distance of about 6 billion kilometers (3.7 billion miles) as it was leaving our solar system. This is what Carl Sagan said about the photo: "Look again at that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it, everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate of our joy and suffering, thousands of confident religions, ideologies, and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilization, every king and peasant, every young couple in love, every mother and father, hopeful child, inventor, and explorer, every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every 'superstar,' every 'supreme leader,' every saint and sinner in the history of our species lived there — on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam. The Earth is the only world known so far to harbor life. There is nowhere else, at least in the near future, to which our species could migrate. Visit, yes. Settle, not yet. Like it or not, for the moment the Earth is where we make our stand. It has been said that astronomy is a humbling and character-building experience. There is perhaps no better demonstration of the folly of human conceits than this distant image of our tiny world. To me, it underscores our responsibility to deal more kindly with one another, and to preserve and cherish the pale blue dot, the only home we've ever known.”
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    RT by @BayesianIn: the actual problem is that we're drowning in a sea of dispensable scientific papers that add zero, zilch, nada to human scientific knowledge, and this not just a waste, but it makes it more difficult to identify useful contributions. 2/
    the actual problem is that we're drowning in a sea of dispensable scientific papers that add zero, zilch, nada to human scientific knowledge, and this not just a waste, but it makes it more difficult to identify useful contributions. 2/
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    Shot/chaser?
    Shot/chaser?
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    Catch up on all the new #BLSdata and publications that came out this week! https://www.bls.gov/opub/update.htm
    Catch up on all the new #BLSdata and publications that came out this week! bls.gov/opub/update.htm
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    32-Bit Cafe ⬌ the museum of alexandra TimeGuessr itzrex 💜 Non-profit bloggers Open Indie  ( 1 min )
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    Ex Cine Garza (Former Garza Cinema) in Xicotepec de Juárez, Mexico
    The Garza (Crane) surname is one of the most representatives of the Northern Mexican city of Monterrey and its metropolitan area, the country's second most-populated. This can be seen in the municipalities of San Nicolás de los Garza and San Pedro Garza García. Many families originating in Monterrey, therefore, share the Garza name, and it was one of these that established Xicotepec's first permanent cinema, the Cine Garza. Monterrey is the capital of the state of Nuevo León, so the seal of this state was prominently added to the facade of the theater. The cinema started its operations in the 1950s, while three decades later, in 1986, a restaurant called La Choza (The Hut) also opened in the town. In the mid-2000s, after the Cine Garza lay abandoned for a few years, La Choza occupied the building, where it is still located as of early 2023. The cinema's lobby is now the restaurant's waiting area, all seating was removed to make way for the tables and chairs, leaving the stage where the screen was located as the main architectural heritage is still present in the restaurant. The stage is still used for the occasional show as well as events such as book presentations. For the most part, however, it is merely a decorated feature that diners can enjoy while tasting some of the local Xicotepense delicacies served here.  ( 13 min )
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    Evil spammers waste our time.
    I got an email from one of our regular commenters, a nice guy who contributes to our blog discussions when not busy at his day job. He wrote a comment that did not show up on the blog, and emailed … Continue reading →  ( 12 min )
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    Weekend reads: How a rejected study led to a $3.8 million grant; a ‘nasty’ publishing scheme; the ‘darker side of science’
    Would you consider a donation to support Weekend Reads, and our daily work? The week at Retraction Watch featured: Our list of retracted or withdrawn COVID-19 papers is up to more than 300. There are now 40,000 retractions in our database — which powers retraction alerts in EndNote, LibKey, Papers, and Zotero. The Retraction Watch Hijacked Journal Checker now contains 200 titles. And have you … Continue reading Weekend reads: How a rejected study led to a $3.8 million grant; a ‘nasty’ publishing scheme; the ‘darker side of science’  ( 7 min )
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    Poem: 'Lyrebird'
    Science in meter and verse
    Sexual Harassment Still Pervades Science
    How academic institutions can prevent sexual harassment and protect scientists
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    No, AI Does Not Pose an Existential Risk to Humanity
    I’m sick of the AI hype and scaremongering. The idea that AI could take over the world is laughable. The post No, AI Does Not Pose an Existential Risk to Humanity appeared first on Economics from the Top Down.  ( 15 min )
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    Waarheen met energie: wat is het plan?
    "Best een goede samenvatting eigenlijk" — een daadwerkelijke energie-expert Op 10 juni 2023 is dit artikel uit 2022 ge-update met een extra stukje over waterstof en waar het niet voor geschikt is, plus wat meer over kernenergie, en over minder energie verbruiken. Sinds een tijdje maak ik grafiekjes van hoe Nederland aan z’n elektriciteit komt. En soms ben ik daar dan enthousiast over, zeker als de wind waait en de zon goed schijnt.  ( 11 min )
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    R to @SwissRamble: City's revenue higher than Inter in every stream, especially commercial and broadcasting. #MCFC were profitable last season, while #Inter reported a significant loss. Inter have much more debt (and interest payments).
    City's revenue higher than Inter in every stream, especially commercial and broadcasting. #MCFC were profitable last season, while #Inter reported a significant loss. Inter have much more debt (and interest payments).
    Quick financial comparison of today's UEFA Champions League finalists. Manchester City much stronger than Inter financially: #MCFC £619m revenue is over twice as much as #Inter £261m, as is squad cost £1.1 bln vs £505m. City's £354m wages nearly 70% more than Inter's £210m.
    Quick financial comparison of today's UEFA Champions League finalists. Manchester City much stronger than Inter financially: #MCFC £619m revenue is over twice as much as #Inter £261m, as is squad cost £1.1 bln vs £505m. City's £354m wages nearly 70% more than Inter's £210m.
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    can anyone confirm that the torrance ca walmart greeter had an Erection at about 2:13 pm
    can anyone confirm that the torrance ca walmart greeter had an Erection at about 2:13 pm  ( 1 min )
    "poop Vs pee the final battle" this sneak peek goes Wolf Mode. i think a lot of people have been waitng for the final battle of poop and pee
    "poop Vs pee the final battle" this sneak peek goes Wolf Mode. i think a lot of people have been waitng for the final battle of poop and pee
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    Does Minnesota allow inmates to be transferred to a correctional facility that matches their gender identity?
    Yes. Under a policy that went into effect in January 2023, transgender and gender non-conforming individuals can request placement at a facility that is in alignment with their gender identity, rather than their gender assigned at birth.  ( 7 min )
    Are wildfires like the ones affecting air quality in Minnesota ‘made worse and more frequent’ by climate change?
    Yes. Climate change has affected wildfire patterns by increasing wildfires’ frequency, severity and the areas of land they burn, and lengthening the wildfire season, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.  ( 7 min )
    Did any Democrats vote for a bill to resume federal student loan payments?
    Yes. A bill that would have lifted a pandemic-related pause on federal student loan payments received support from two Democrats in the U.S. House and two in the U.S. Senate.  ( 7 min )
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    Your Book Review: Man’s Search for Meaning
    Finalist #4 in the Book Review Contest
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    Chocolate for the brain?
    Q: Did you see that chocolate and wine really are good for the brain? A: Not convinced Q: A randomised trial, though. 16% improvement in memory! A: A randomised trial, but not 16% improvement in memory Q: It’s what the Herald says A: Well, more precisely, it’s what the Daily Telegraph says Q: What does […] Chocolate for the brain? first appeared on Stats Chat.  ( 5 min )
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    god i hope the model was specified correctly
    god i hope the model was specified correctly

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    A new analysis finds that dry air and record-breaking temperatures linked to climate change have led to more frequent severe fires in California https://trib.al/H5kvBK3
    A new analysis finds that dry air and record-breaking temperatures linked to climate change have led to more frequent severe fires in California trib.al/H5kvBK3
    June is the start of hurricane season. Hurricane forecasters are debuting a new model they hope will better predict when some storms will suddenly and explosively intensify https://trib.al/1ZSRdhK
    June is the start of hurricane season. Hurricane forecasters are debuting a new model they hope will better predict when some storms will suddenly and explosively intensify trib.al/1ZSRdhK
    For lung cancer patients who have a specific genetic mutation, taking a pill called osimertinib after surgery greatly reduced the risk of lung cancer recurrence https://trib.al/C1tGh9s
    For lung cancer patients who have a specific genetic mutation, taking a pill called osimertinib after surgery greatly reduced the risk of lung cancer recurrence trib.al/C1tGh9s
    "Through dwelling with the smoke and the terror it generates, we can think more carefully about the ways we experience climate change, how we are entangled with it, and crucially, why and how we need to respond to it." | Opinion https://trib.al/ZFoVgfd
    "Through dwelling with the smoke and the terror it generates, we can think more carefully about the ways we experience climate change, how we are entangled with it, and crucially, why and how we need to respond to it." | Opinion trib.al/ZFoVgfd
    Most of the eastern U.S. has been swathed in smoke billowing off more than 400 wildfires across Canada https://trib.al/0zNjCf1
    Most of the eastern U.S. has been swathed in smoke billowing off more than 400 wildfires across Canada trib.al/0zNjCf1
    RT by @sciam: Our Season 5 bonus episode asks a seemingly simple question: what's in a street name? https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/lost-women-of-science/id1590670779 A #Hamburg street called Nyswanderweg pays homage to #psychiatrist Marie Nyswander. Why is it still so rare for street names to honor history-making women? @sciam @prx
    Our Season 5 bonus episode asks a seemingly simple question: what's in a street name? podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas… #Hamburg street called Nyswanderweg pays homage to #psychiatrist Marie Nyswander. Why is it still so rare for street names to honor history-making women? @sciam @prx
    Arousal without orgasm isn't dangerous, so why are people pressured to engage in unwanted sexual activity to avoid it? https://trib.al/ndddopv
    Arousal without orgasm isn't dangerous, so why are people pressured to engage in unwanted sexual activity to avoid it? trib.al/ndddopv
    The most important and awe-inspiring science direct to your inbox Sign up for our new-and-improved (and free!) Today in Science newsletter: http://sciam.com/today
    The most important and awe-inspiring science direct to your inbox sciam.com/today
    The Montreal Protocol was intended to save Earth's ozone layer, but it also helped slow global warming and delayed the melting of Arctic sea ice https://trib.al/3xJgHfg
    The Montreal Protocol was intended to save Earth's ozone layer, but it also helped slow global warming and delayed the melting of Arctic sea ice trib.al/3xJgHfg
    Perfectly wrapping spherical objects together seems trivial, but it's a task that has stumped mathematicians for centuries https://trib.al/cLW6ooP
    Perfectly wrapping spherical objects together seems trivial, but it's a task that has stumped mathematicians for centuries trib.al/cLW6ooP
    Supporting the health and safety of community violence street workers is urgent and imperative | Opinion https://trib.al/41tSTZa
    Supporting the health and safety of community violence street workers is urgent and imperative | Opinion trib.al/41tSTZa
    More and better data are required to solve the mystery of strange apparitions in the air, the sea and space, according to NASA's Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena Independent Study team https://trib.al/NCTBkpY
    More and better data are required to solve the mystery of strange apparitions in the air, the sea and space, according to NASA's Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena Independent Study team trib.al/NCTBkpY
    RT by @sciam: What I've been up to for the last 6 months: Designing, testing, workshopping a new FREE daily newsletter from @sciam written by moi 💅 about the most important and awe-inspiring stories in science. Sign up here: ▶️▶️https://tinyurl.com/yckd72mm◀️◀️ https://tinyurl.com/3vnazmwy
    What I've been up to for the last 6 months: Designing, testing, workshopping a new FREE daily newsletter from @sciam written by moi 💅 about the most important and awe-inspiring stories in science. Sign up here: ▶️▶️tinyurl.com/yckd72mm◀️◀️ tinyurl.com/3vnazmwy
    RT by @sciam: When octopuses get chilly, they adjust the structure of proteins their neurons produce, something mammals can't do. Amazing creatures https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/octopuses-redesign-their-own-brains-when-they-get-chilly/ by @RachelNuwer on @sciam
    When octopuses get chilly, they adjust the structure of proteins their neurons produce, something mammals can't do. Amazing creatures scientificamerican.com/artic… by @RachelNuwer on @sciam
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    Batter up!!! Let’s go @Yankees
    Batter up!!! Let’s go @Yankees
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    We tested nine soft coolers, evaluating their durability, cold retention, and capacity, as well as how easy they were to carry. https://www.seriouseats.com/best-soft-coolers-7507861?taid=6483af0d137e4000013233d8&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    We tested nine soft coolers, evaluating their durability, cold retention, and capacity, as well as how easy they were to carry. seriouseats.com/best-soft-co…
    Pico de gallo is a classic Mexican condiment made with tomatoes, onions, and chiles, perfect for topping tacos, tostadas, and totopos. https://www.seriouseats.com/classic-pico-de-gallo-salsa-fresca-recipe?taid=6483a102db77690001a90768&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    Pico de gallo is a classic Mexican condiment made with tomatoes, onions, and chiles, perfect for topping tacos, tostadas, and totopos. seriouseats.com/classic-pico…
    We compiled a list of our favorite espresso blends from well-known roasters like Intelligentsia and Counter Culture, along with smaller companies. https://www.seriouseats.com/best-espresso-beans-7506734?taid=64839300137e400001322ad5&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    We compiled a list of our favorite espresso blends from well-known roasters like Intelligentsia and Counter Culture, along with smaller companies. seriouseats.com/best-espress…
    Don't worry about the dishes! These meals come together easily and efficiently. https://www.seriouseats.com/one-pot-dinner-recipes-7508915?taid=64837701137e400001aff8f8&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    Don't worry about the dishes! These meals come together easily and efficiently. seriouseats.com/one-pot-dinn…
    From pies to popsicles, these are our favorite ways to turn sweet summer strawberries into an even sweeter treat. https://www.seriouseats.com/sweet-recipes-to-make-the-most-of-summer-strawberries?taid=648368edf0166400010923cc&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    From pies to popsicles, these are our favorite ways to turn sweet summer strawberries into an even sweeter treat. seriouseats.com/sweet-recipe…
    Pleasantly springy and fragrant with soy sauce, oyster sauce, and Shaoxing wine, Chinese meatloaf is delicious served on its own or atop Cantonese claypot rice. https://www.seriouseats.com/cantonese-clay-pot-rice-with-chinese-meatloaf-recipe-7509578?taid=64835ac7f016640001091b60&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    Pleasantly springy and fragrant with soy sauce, oyster sauce, and Shaoxing wine, Chinese meatloaf is delicious served on its own or atop Cantonese claypot rice. seriouseats.com/cantonese-cl…
    When done properly, velveting can render a relatively lean cut of meat moist and tender—even after extended steaming. https://www.seriouseats.com/cantonese-clay-pot-rice-with-velveted-chicken-recipe-7509614?taid=64833e8e137e400001afe082&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    When done properly, velveting can render a relatively lean cut of meat moist and tender—even after extended steaming. seriouseats.com/cantonese-cl…
    This comforting meal of rice steamed and crisped within a Cantonese clay pot is a favorite in Hong Kong, where it’s served with an assortment of savory toppings and a seasoned soy sauce. https://www.seriouseats.com/cantonese-clay-pot-rice-with-chinese-sausage-recipe-7509523?taid=6483309cf016640001090a89&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    This comforting meal of rice steamed and crisped within a Cantonese clay pot is a favorite in Hong Kong, where it’s served with an assortment of savory toppings and a seasoned soy sauce. seriouseats.com/cantonese-cl…
    This ice cream boasts big buttermilk flavor, but it has a texture that's light and fresh. https://www.seriouseats.com/buttermilk-ice-cream?taid=648279b0db77690001a8a2b3&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    This ice cream boasts big buttermilk flavor, but it has a texture that's light and fresh. seriouseats.com/buttermilk-i…
    Much simpler than a classic soufflé, this soufflé omelette is cooked in a skillet on the stovetop and requires little more than eggs, cheese, and a couple of extra minutes to beat the whites. https://www.seriouseats.com/omelette-souffle-with-cheese?taid=648279afd4faf000013a362b&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    Much simpler than a classic soufflé, this soufflé omelette is cooked in a skillet on the stovetop and requires little more than eggs, cheese, and a couple of extra minutes to beat the whites. seriouseats.com/omelette-sou…
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    Research briefing: Elastic ceramic plastic made using molecules with organic and inorganic parts https://go.nature.com/42pBaN7
    Research briefing: Elastic ceramic plastic made using molecules with organic and inorganic parts go.nature.com/42pBaN7
    Regulators will decide whether the #SRPT gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy is ready for the market. Here’s what’s at stake for children with the disease, their families and the gene-therapy field. https://go.nature.com/3WZAAEN
    Regulators will decide whether the #SRPT gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy is ready for the market. Here’s what’s at stake for children with the disease, their families and the gene-therapy field. go.nature.com/3WZAAEN
    Taurine offers striking health benefits in mice, monkeys and worms. But more work is needed to investigate its link with ageing. https://go.nature.com/3J1yoXC
    Taurine offers striking health benefits in mice, monkeys and worms. But more work is needed to investigate its link with ageing. go.nature.com/3J1yoXC
    RT by @Nature: To reach the base of the tallest tree in the Amazon, these scientists battled snakes, spider bites, raging rapids and torrential rains. It was like a 19th-century expedition, except guided by LIDAR https://www.nature.com/immersive/d41586-023-01828-x/index.html
    To reach the base of the tallest tree in the Amazon, these scientists battled snakes, spider bites, raging rapids and torrential rains. It was like a 19th-century expedition, except guided by LIDAR nature.com/immersive/d41586-…
    The cholera-causing bacterium Vibrio cholerae uses goopy ‘biofilms’ to kill immune cells https://go.nature.com/3N2cvJ2
    The cholera-causing bacterium Vibrio cholerae uses goopy ‘biofilms’ to kill immune cells go.nature.com/3N2cvJ2
    R to @Nature: For more stories on tobacco smoking, including the use of brain stimulation to help people quit, and how tobacco companies are stalling anti-smoking policy in Africa, check out the rest of the Nature Outlook supplement on smoking. https://www.nature.com/collections/dhfebbibdj
    For more stories on tobacco smoking, including the use of brain stimulation to help people quit, and how tobacco companies are stalling anti-smoking policy in Africa, check out the rest of the Nature Outlook supplement on smoking. nature.com/collections/dhfeb…
    R to @Nature: Also worth noting in that map: France and Portugal are the only high-income countries in which smoking rates among women are high and yet to substantially fall.
    Also worth noting in that map: France and Portugal are the only high-income countries in which smoking rates among women are high and yet to substantially fall.
    R to @Nature: In some low- and middle-income countries, tobacco smoking might not yet have taken hold at all (phase 0). This is especially true among women.
    In some low- and middle-income countries, tobacco smoking might not yet have taken hold at all (phase 0). This is especially true among women.
    R to @Nature: Global data can tell you only so much though. Countries are at very different stages in their fight against tobacco smoking. In many high-income countries, smoking rates are now on the way down from previous highs (phase 2 or 3 in the map). Low- and middle-income countries are more likely to be in phase 1: smoking rates are yet to decline.
    Global data can tell you only so much though. Countries are at very different stages in their fight against tobacco smoking. In many high-income countries, smoking rates are now on the way down from previous highs (phase 2 or 3 in the map). Low- and middle-income countries are more likely to be in phase 1: smoking rates are yet to decline.
    R to @Nature: The bad news is that population growth means that, at the global level, the overall number of people who smoke tobacco is going up.
    The bad news is that population growth means that, at the global level, the overall number of people who smoke tobacco is going up.
    R to @Nature: So, are fewer people smoking now than a few decades ago? Well, there's good news and bad news. The good news is yes, global smoking rates are falling.
    So, are fewer people smoking now than a few decades ago? Well, there's good news and bad news. The good news is yes, global smoking rates are falling.
    R to @Nature: How much of an effect quitting has depends on your age, but don't think it’s too late. A study of UK women suggests you can avoid more than 90% of the excess risk of death by giving up smoking before the age of 40. Not dying isn’t the only benefit of quitting either, but it is quite a good one.
    How much of an effect quitting has depends on your age, but don't think it’s too late. A study of UK women suggests you can avoid more than 90% of the excess risk of death by giving up smoking before the age of 40. Not dying isn’t the only benefit of quitting either, but it is quite a good one.
    R to @Nature: Who is dying as a result of smoking? The vast majority of the time, it's people who never stop smoking – quitting reduces your excess risk of death enormously.
    Who is dying as a result of smoking? The vast majority of the time, it's people who never stop smoking – quitting reduces your excess risk of death enormously.
    R to @Nature: More than 1 in 10 deaths worldwide can be attributed to tobacco smoking. Focus in on just deaths from non-communicable diseases, such as heart disease and cancer, and it's 1 in 6. It's preventable.
    More than 1 in 10 deaths worldwide can be attributed to tobacco smoking. Focus in on just deaths from non-communicable diseases, such as heart disease and cancer, and it's 1 in 6. It's preventable.
    By now most people have got the message that smoking kills. But what difference does quitting make? And where in the world are there now more former smokers than current smokers? 🧵 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-01837-w
    By now most people have got the message that smoking kills. But what difference does quitting make? And where in the world are there now more former smokers than current smokers? 🧵 nature.com/articles/d41586-0…
    AI learns to write sorting software on its own https://go.nature.com/42sf8cQ
    AI learns to write sorting software on its own go.nature.com/42sf8cQ
    Your chance to win adorable plush toys from GIANTmicrobes! Simply sign up for Nature Briefing to get an essential round-up of science news, opinion and analysis, free in your inbox every weekday and automatically be entered to the prize draw! https://bit.ly/3q82FNN
    Your chance to win adorable plush toys from GIANTmicrobes! Simply sign up for Nature Briefing to get an essential round-up of science news, opinion and analysis, free in your inbox every weekday and automatically be entered to the prize draw! bit.ly/3q82FNN
    “I cannot imagine why anyone would care what an article looks like the first time a journal sees it,” says @WhySharksMatter. “I don’t think it’s a productive use of my time.” https://go.nature.com/3WWrCIi
    “I cannot imagine why anyone would care what an article looks like the first time a journal sees it,” says @WhySharksMatter. “I don’t think it’s a productive use of my time.” go.nature.com/3WWrCIi
    Analysis of nearly 300,000 people finds an association between the shingles jab and a 20% lower rate of dementia — but questions linger. https://go.nature.com/43SkUWl
    Analysis of nearly 300,000 people finds an association between the shingles jab and a 20% lower rate of dementia — but questions linger. go.nature.com/43SkUWl
    Nature research paper: Lost world of complex life and the late rise of the eukaryotic crown https://go.nature.com/43Q7Lgc
    Nature research paper: Lost world of complex life and the late rise of the eukaryotic crown go.nature.com/43Q7Lgc
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    statistical modeling with R [book review]
    Statistical Modeling with R (A dual frequentist and Bayesian approach for life scientists) is a recent book written by Pablo Inchausti, from Uruguay. In a highly personal and congenial style (witness the preface), with references to (fiction) books that enticed me to buy them. The book was sent to me by the JASA book editor […]  ( 8 min )
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    statistical modeling with R [book review]
    Statistical Modeling with R (A dual frequentist and Bayesian approach for life scientists) is a recent book written by Pablo Inchausti, from Uruguay. In a highly personal and congenial style (witness the preface), with references to (fiction) books that enticed me to buy them. The book was sent to me by the JASA book editor […]  ( 8 min )
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    Wildfire Smoke Reacts with City Pollution, Creating New Toxic Air Hazard
    Wildfire smoke not only contains dangerous-to-breathe particles but also can react with urban air pollution to create toxic ozone
    Ukrainian Dam Collapse Triggers 'Ecological Disaster'
    The destruction of the Kakhovka Dam threatens both agriculture and nature reserves, a Ukrainian conservationist says
    Crocodile's 'Virgin Birth' Is a First for Science's History Books
    A female crocodile birthed a fully formed, stillborn fetus despite living in isolation for 16 years
    The First In-Depth Study on 'Blue Balls' Reveals a Lot about Sex
    Arousal without orgasm isn’t dangerous, so why are people pressured to engage in unwanted sexual activity to avoid it?
    See How the Wildfire Smoke Spread Across the U.S.
    Most of the eastern U.S. has been swathed in smoke billowing off more than 400 wildfires across Canada
    First U.S. Climate Trial Begins and Is Led by Kids
    The nation’s first climate trial, led by kids, will open on Monday in Montana but could have ramifications outside the state’s borders
    Five Things You Need to Know About Wildfire Smoke Right Now
    Where is it coming from? How long will it last? What's in the smoke? Whose health is at risk? How do you clean your own air?
    Community Violence Outreach Workers Are More Likely to Experience Gun Violence Than Police Are
    Supporting the health and safety of community violence street workers is urgent and imperative
    Bad Data, Not Aliens, May Be behind UFO Surge, NASA Team Says
    More and better data are required to solve the mystery of strange apparitions in the air, the sea and space, according to NASA’s Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena Independent Study team
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    As emergency managers in southern Ukraine evacuate people there from disastrous flooding caused by the mysterious breach of a major dam, conservation scientists are pondering the effects on the region’s plants and animals. https://scim.ag/2WX
    As emergency managers in southern Ukraine evacuate people there from disastrous flooding caused by the mysterious breach of a major dam, conservation scientists are pondering the effects on the region’s plants and animals. scim.ag/2WX
    The first 45 words uttered by a police officer during the traffic stop of a Black driver can predict whether the interaction will escalate. https://scim.ag/2WU
    The first 45 words uttered by a police officer during the traffic stop of a Black driver can predict whether the interaction will escalate. scim.ag/2WU
    Octopuses may have vivid, narrative dreams—some of which are terrifying. https://scim.ag/2WQ
    Octopuses may have vivid, narrative dreams—some of which are terrifying. scim.ag/2WQ
    A new U.S. study will test whether pairing molecularly targeted drugs will work better than single drugs to wipe out cancer. https://scim.ag/2WP
    A new U.S. study will test whether pairing molecularly targeted drugs will work better than single drugs to wipe out cancer. scim.ag/2WP
    Lava flows can abruptly shift from smooth, ropy pahoehoe to rubbly, jagged aa—changes that might be sparked by the molten rock’s internal churn. https://scim.ag/2WH
    Lava flows can abruptly shift from smooth, ropy pahoehoe to rubbly, jagged aa—changes that might be sparked by the molten rock’s internal churn. scim.ag/2WH
    Charles Darwin assumed the driver of the giraffe’s long neck was food, but a fossil of an ancient giraffe relative suggests there might be more to the story. #ScienceMagArchives https://scim.ag/2WC
    Charles Darwin assumed the driver of the giraffe’s long neck was food, but a fossil of an ancient giraffe relative suggests there might be more to the story. #ScienceMagArchives scim.ag/2WC
    Researchers around the globe are now trying to revive antibody treatments to treat #COVID19 by redesigning them to take aim at targets that are less prone to mutation. https://scim.ag/2WB
    Researchers around the globe are now trying to revive antibody treatments to treat #COVID19 by redesigning them to take aim at targets that are less prone to mutation. scim.ag/2WB
    RT by @NewsfromScience: Unlike some other spiders that camouflage themselves with drab colors and sticklike appendages, this jumping spider disguises itself by crawling like an ant. Learn more: https://scim.ag/2Wy @NewsfromScience
    Unlike some other spiders that camouflage themselves with drab colors and sticklike appendages, this jumping spider disguises itself by crawling like an ant. scim.ag/2Wy @NewsfromScience
    Zebrafish live for less than a year, but new research finds that extending the length of the chromosomes in their guts kept them healthy into old age. https://scim.ag/2Wu
    Zebrafish live for less than a year, but new research finds that extending the length of the chromosomes in their guts kept them healthy into old age. scim.ag/2Wu
    The controversial research should be destigmatized, the NASA-appointed panel said. https://scim.ag/2Wt
    The controversial research should be destigmatized, the NASA-appointed panel said. scim.ag/2Wt
    Unlike other primates, young mountain gorillas who lose a parent or have disrupted families live just as long as their peers. https://scim.ag/2Wr
    Unlike other primates, young mountain gorillas who lose a parent or have disrupted families live just as long as their peers. scim.ag/2Wr
    Researchers have taken a small but necessary step toward realizing a long-standing dream: harvesting solar energy in space and beaming it down to Earth. https://scim.ag/2Wp
    Researchers have taken a small but necessary step toward realizing a long-standing dream: harvesting solar energy in space and beaming it down to Earth. scim.ag/2Wp
    Ancient hunters and farmers living in western Iran’s highlands may have been among the first people to domesticate livestock. A study from 2021—which includes the oldest livestock genome yet sequenced—bolsters that notion. #ScienceMagArchives https://scim.ag/2Wo
    Ancient hunters and farmers living in western Iran’s highlands may have been among the first people to domesticate livestock. A study from 2021—which includes the oldest livestock genome yet sequenced—bolsters that notion. #ScienceMagArchives scim.ag/2Wo
    Researchers have discovered a new chemical that selectively kills harmful nematodes with a much lower risk of toxicity to humans and other creatures. https://scim.ag/2Wm
    Researchers have discovered a new chemical that selectively kills harmful nematodes with a much lower risk of toxicity to humans and other creatures. scim.ag/2Wm
    Scientists report that they can trigger a hibernation-like state in mice by targeting part of their brain with pulses of ultrasound. https://scim.ag/2Wl
    Scientists report that they can trigger a hibernation-like state in mice by targeting part of their brain with pulses of ultrasound. scim.ag/2Wl
    Researchers report a gene therapy approach that appears to prevent conception in female cats with no apparent side effects. https://scim.ag/2Wk
    Researchers report a gene therapy approach that appears to prevent conception in female cats with no apparent side effects. scim.ag/2Wk
    The first U.S. nationwide geological survey in a generation could reveal badly needed supplies of critical minerals. Learn more: https://scim.ag/2Wi @ScienceVisuals
    The first U.S. nationwide geological survey in a generation could reveal badly needed supplies of critical minerals. scim.ag/2Wi @ScienceVisuals
    The lack of landmarks to identify their nests makes Tunisian ants fashion their own. https://scim.ag/2Wg
    The lack of landmarks to identify their nests makes Tunisian ants fashion their own. scim.ag/2Wg
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    Adelaide's Oldest Morris & Co. Stained Glass Window in Adelaide, Australia
    Hidden away in one of Adelaide’s side streets lies the Royal Instituttion, formerly the Adelaide Stock Exchange. Within its walls is something that is often walked passed, missed, or forgotten about. Upon arrival at the Royal Institute, enter through the front entryway, turn to your left, and walk towards the main staircase. Atop the staircase is the oldest and perhaps the most valuable Morris & Co. stained glass work in Adelaide, also the only Morris & Co. stained glass window not within a religious building in Adelaide, which is often referred to as the “City of Churches.” William Morris famously known for his London-based textile company, Morris & Co., was commissioned for several stained glass windows for the city of Adelaide. Almost all of them were located within churches and commissioned for religious reasoning. His work within the Royal Institute remains as one of his most valuable works to date, somehow surviving two fires during the 20th century, in 1938 and 1982 respectively, the stained glass window still stands in the main stairwell where it was originally commissioned. The window was commissioned by Sir George. A. Brookman, an early mining mogul of South Australia and Western Australia, to commemorate the Australian Federation, an important moment in Australian history, in which the Australian colonies were joined together as a nation in 1901. The window features six stained glass panels, with the lower three depicting the British Empire. Life-sized figures represent Australia and India on the left-hand side, Africa and Canada on the right, and Britannia in the center. Based on designs by British painter, Edward Byrne-Jones, a painter, designer and a founding partner of Morris & Co., the three upper panels represent morning, noon and evening. Upon closer inspection you’ll notice the central figure of Britannia is holding a wreath that frames the word ‘FEDERATION’, a nod to when the window was made.  ( 13 min )
    Monumento de La Virgen Santísima de Guadalupe in Monterrey, Mexico
    Monterrey is a Mexican city of grand proportions. Skyscrapers populate the skyline, including the tallest building in Latin America. Beyond the metropolis, the Sierra Madre Mountain range surrounds the city, including the famous El Cerro de la Silla, a hill shaped like a horse saddle.  Mother nature's creations and man-made inventions influence the city below. However, there is one imposing figure whose inception is a little more unclear, perhaps the most revered of them all, and the mother of all Mexico's mothers: a 40-foot-tall sculpture of Our Lady of Guadalupe. At her feet lie flowers and other tributes by those who have come to pay their respects. Onlooking drivers see her as they pass by on the busy main avenue where she stands. Immediately behind her, in line with the traffic, t…  ( 14 min )
    The Poem Tree Commemorative Stone in Little Wittenham, England
    The Poem Tree stood, for close to 450 years, on Castle Hill, at Oxfordshire’s Wittenham Clumps. In the 1840s, the tree was furnished with a carving by Joseph Tubb who etched the words of his 20-line poem into the beech. As up the hill with labr'ing steps we tread / Where the twin Clumps their sheltering branches spread / The summit gain'd at ease reclining lay / And all around the wide spread scene survey / Point out each object and instructive tell / The various changes that the land befell / Where the low bank the country wide surrounds / That ancient earthwork form'd old Mercia's bounds / In misty distance see the barrow heave / There lies forgotten lonely Cwichelm's grave. Around this hill the ruthless Danes intrenched / And these fair plains with gory slaughter drench'd / While at our feet where stands that stately tower / In days gone by up rose the Roman power / And yonder, there where Thames smooth waters glide / In later days appeared monastic pride. / Within that field where lies the grazing herd / Huge walls were found, some coffins disinter'd / Such is the course of time, the wreck which fate / And awful doom award the earthly great. Inspired by his admiration for the surrounding landscape and its history, the careful process of carving this poem, from memory no less, is said to have taken Tubbs two weeks over the summer. Though already 300 years old at the time of Tubb’s carving, the tree’s continued growth and development caused the poem to slowly become distorted as the years passed. With the foresight to know this unique poem had little time of legibility left, Henry Osmaston, a geographer in the area, took a rubbing in 1965 for posterity. This rubbing was later recreated, alongside a transcription of the poem, on a stone close to the tree. Though placed in 1994 to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the carving, the stone now stands as a memorial to the lost tree and poem, since the beech collapsed in 2012.  ( 13 min )
    Takao Inari Shrine in Tokyo, Japan
    Small Shinto shrines aren’t a rare sight in the streets of Japan, typically consisting of a torii arch, an offertory box, and nothing much more. At first glance, Takao Inari Shrine in the Nihonbashi-Hakozakicho district of Tokyo seems like one of such shrines, with no attending priests, no amulets nor fortune slips to be seen, which are otherwise common in places of Shinto worship. Nearly blending into the wall of an office building, the inconspicuous shrine recently underwent refurbishment work and boasts an ultra-modern, almost LEGO-like torii arch made out of a steel frame, as well as a painting of colorful clouds on the ceiling. The small sanctuary in the center is guarded by statuettes of kitsune, foxes serving the god of prosperity, Inari. Takao Inari Shrine is dedicated to a syn…  ( 13 min )
    Monasterio de San Pedro de Rocas in Esgos, Spain
    San Pedro de Rocas is a fascinating and historic monastery in Galicia, Spain with a rich history that spans more than a millennium. The structure is a stunning example of ancient monastic architecture and dates back to the 6th century. Situated in a remote forested valley near the town of Esgos, the monastery's founding is shrouded in mystery. According to an inscription on a stone recording the monastery's founding, a group of religious men founded the monastery in 573. The monastery has also been linked to a Spanish knight named Gemodus, who, in the 9th century, is said to have revived the religious center.  Since the 6th century, the monastery has undergone many changes and additions, becoming a vital center of religious and cultural life in the region for many centuries. The monastery is famous for its rock-cut architecture and intricate carvings, which are considered some of the finest examples of Romanesque art in Galicia. One of the most intriguing features of San Pedro de Rocas is the tiny, rock-cut burial niches carved into the walls.  Another highlight is a faded fresco of a world map featuring the apostles. Located in the church, the map depicts the known world in the late 13th century. The fresco has been dated between 1175 and 1200. A unique example of medieval art, the map is said to share similar cosmological views with the maps seen in contemporary medieval manuscripts. The fresco is a remarkable work of art and a testament to the importance of San Pedro de Rocas in medieval Europe. Visitors can explore the site, which includes a church, cloister, and living quarters, as well as a nearby museum that showcases the history and culture of the region. San Pedro de Rocas is a must-visit destination for anyone interested in architecture, history, or religious art.  ( 13 min )
    Wonder Is Everywhere: A Fight Over Optimus Prime, the Richmond Rat Boy, and More From Around the Web
    Wonder is everywhere. That’s why, every other week, Atlas Obscura drags you down some of the rabbit holes we encounter as we search for our unusual stories. We highlight surprising finds, great writing, and inspiring stories from some of our favorite publications. The Scientists Coaxing Back Nature with Sound by Katherine Latham, BBC Future Palmyra Atoll, in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, is a quiet place—too quiet. Eight vital species of seabirds disappeared from the island when it was overrun by rats. Now scientists hope to lure the birds back with a continuous soundtrack of familiar bird songs, one of many such efforts to use sound to restore the natural world. "Healthy island ecosystems are deafening," Alex Wegmann, lead scientist for The Nature Conservancy, told BBC Future. …  ( 19 min )
    Lock-In Tower of Theth in Theth, Albania
    Northern Albanians once lived by their own tribal code according to the Kanun, a set of customary laws established by the Kanun of Leke Dukagjini, a 15th-century nobleman. Among its 1,262 articles, the Kanun permits blood feuds (gjakmarrja), in which a person is entitled to "an eye for an eye" in the form of murder as retribution for killing or dishonoring a family member in the name of justice. It was not uncommon for these feuds to last years, spanning several generations and resulting in the deaths of multiple men—and sometimes even women and children as collateral damage—on both sides. Beyond the Middle Ages, Kanun law persisted in parts of Albania, despite being outlawed by communist dictator Enver Hoxha. To this day, scattered blood feuds reportedly still exist, with some individuals isolating themselves at home in their villages, living in constant fear of eventual retaliation by a family scorned long ago by one of their ancestors.  During feuds, male family members would confine themselves in towers called kullas to give themselves a defensive advantage over the opposing clan. The men would remain here until the ensuing feud was over, that is, until all males who posed a direct threat were killed, or until reconciliation was achieved, possibly with the help of a council of elders. The kulla is located just off the main road in Theth, beyond the lineup of guesthouses. There are no designated opening hours, but locals in one of the neighboring houses will open the tower on request. At the time of writing, the admission fee is 200 leke.  ( 13 min )
    Bill Rhodes’ People Friendly Garden in Hamburg, Pennsylvania
    Retired welder Bill Rhodes bought an over 200-year-old farmhouse and turned it into a wonderland of metal art. Bill still is currently adding to his creation, there is no number on how many creations are currently at the People Friendly Garden. Feel free to sit, relax, or wander around the People Friendly Garden. All of Bill’s creations are originals. Bill will sell some of his art, but is keen on keeping it all too, because he enjoys every piece he’s created. There is plenty of parking and it even lights up at night, to highlight some of Bill’s art even more.  ( 12 min )
    Nam Trân in Hội An, Vietnam
    Generally speaking, antique shops around popular tourist attractions are best to approach with caution. Fakes are quite prevalent in those places, poorly made and artificially aged, and not only that, far more expensive than they should be. When it comes to ancient ceramics in Hội An, Vietnam, however, you may rest assured that you're in good hands. Not only are they genuine pieces of 15th-century China, but they also come with an intriguing provenance. Located a little off the bustling streets of Hoi An Ancient Town, Nam Trân is a small family-run shop that offers a wide array of antique ceramics, particularly those recovered from a local shipwreck, which still lies about 25 miles off the coast. Discovered by local fishermen in the early 1990s, the so-called Hoi An Shipwreck is believ…  ( 13 min )
    Antonio Machado House-Museum in Segovia, Spain
    Revered poet Antonio Machado was a member of a group of Spanish writers conventionally known as Generation of ‘98, influenced by the grim social and cultural ramifications of the historical crisis caused by the Spanish defeat in the Spanish-American War of 1898, which changed the shape of the world at large, including the United States of America as we know them. Between 1919 and 1932, a few years before the eruption of the Spanish Civil War, Machado spent time in Segovia as a French teacher while he wrote controversial letters to a mystery lady, or maybe not such a mystery! Most claim that it was always postmodernist poet and playwright Pilar de Valderrama, whom he addressed as “Guiomar.” Today, Segovia’s visitors can explore the curiosities that still inhabit the hostel/apartment Machado rented during those late years. The home is also quintessential of the Castilian lifestyle in provincial towns at the time. It's a multi-sensory experience that combines the traditional smell of old local wood exposed to the seasonal rigors, vintage books (including all Antonio Machado’s works in their original Spanish versions as well as translations into other languages), and reminiscent fabrics, all of it inundated with sunlight coming from every corner of the extremely narrow space.  ( 13 min )
    Octopuses (and Their DNA) Suggest Antarctica Will Melt Again
    Did the West Antarctic Ice Sheet completely collapse during the latest interglacial period, about 125,000 years ago? It’s an important question for climate scientists, but geology was giving them no answers. So they turned to genetics instead. Enter Turquet’s octopus (Pareledone turqueti), a cephalopod with a four-million-year pedigree that makes its home in the icy waters around Antarctica. Recent DNA analysis shows that two distinct populations of this species, one in the Weddell Sea and the other in the Ross Sea, mated about 125,000 years ago. This could only have happened if the massive ice sheet that now separates those populations wasn’t there at the time. So yes, it did collapse. And that’s bad news, because it increases the likelihood that it will happen again. The Importan…  ( 16 min )
    James Braidwood Statue in Edinburgh, Scotland
    During the 19th century, James Braidwood established what many believe to be the first firefighting brigade in Britain. Because of haphazard and shoddy architectural construction, Edinburgh was prone to constant outbreaks of fires. In 1824, the city fell victim to two such infernos that decimated large portions of the Old Town. Braidwood was appointed by the city council to spearhead what was to become the world's first municipal fire department. At the age of 24, he was already working as a firefighter, driving the engines that were employed to put out fires. He also worked as a surveyor, giving him expertise in building materials and construction that allowed him to incorporate this knowledge into new fire-fighting techniques. In his capacity as a fire chief, he hired men who had experience working in the fields of building manufacturing, as well as mariners. Both professions had an understanding and practicality that could be incorporated into fire-fighting techniques that are still utilized today. Unfortunately, he was killed while fighting a fire in his new home in London. In 2008, a statue was erected in the city of his birth, not far from the site of one of the city's most disastrous fires and home to the first fire station. The monument was created by Glaswegian sculptor, Kenneth Mackay, and a plaque reads: "This statue is dedicated to the memory of James Braidwood, a pioneer of the scientific approach to fire-fighting. It also recognizes the courage and sacrifice of fire-fighters, not only in Lothian & Borders Fire and Rescue Service, but all over the world."  ( 13 min )
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    How to Improve Your Sentence Variety and Up Your Creative Writing Game
    Tips and tricks for playing with your sentence subjects Continue reading on The Writing Cooperative »  ( 16 min )
    Thinking of Writing Professionally? You May Need to Unlearn College
    Your education may have set you up for terrible writing, but a change of perspective can set you free.  ( 12 min )
    Unleashing the Beast of Rhetoric
    Catachresis: when a phrase is so ferociously wrong it’s right Continue reading on The Writing Cooperative »  ( 14 min )
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    RT by @pixelatedboat: It rules that twitter ads are now for things that are a felony charge to possess.
    It rules that twitter ads are now for things that are a felony charge to possess. nitter.net/Pinno_co/status/1667094650061209601#m
    RT by @pixelatedboat: john hinckley tiny desk
    john hinckley tiny desk
    RT by @pixelatedboat: oh my god... OH MY GOD
    oh my god... OH MY GOD
    RT by @pixelatedboat: it’s a hard job, working construction in a universe where building materials are called two real things but mashed together so we know we’re in science fiction. but carrying sacks of rockcrete up and down strutless neon ladders in my plastisteel rucksack is its own reward
    it’s a hard job, working construction in a universe where building materials are called two real things but mashed together so we know we’re in science fiction. but carrying sacks of rockcrete up and down strutless neon ladders in my plastisteel rucksack is its own reward
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    The first U.S. nationwide geological survey in a generation could reveal badly needed supplies of critical minerals. Learn more in this @NewsfromScience feature: https://scim.ag/2WV
    The first U.S. nationwide geological survey in a generation could reveal badly needed supplies of critical minerals. @NewsfromScience feature: scim.ag/2WV
    Facing a scarcity of pollen, bumblebees will nibble on the leaves of flowerless plants, causing intentional damage in a way that speeds up the production of flowers, according to a Science study from 2020. https://scim.ag/2WT #NationalPollinatorsMonth
    Facing a scarcity of pollen, bumblebees will nibble on the leaves of flowerless plants, causing intentional damage in a way that speeds up the production of flowers, according to a Science study from 2020. scim.ag/2WT #NationalPollinatorsMonth
    In a 3-year genomic selection experiment in the wild involving more than 2000 Dutch great tits, researchers in @ScienceAdvances found that the birds’ reproductive success was not affected by laying eggs early or late in the season. https://scim.ag/2WM
    In a 3-year genomic selection experiment in the wild involving more than 2000 Dutch great tits, researchers in @ScienceAdvances found that the birds’ reproductive success was not affected by laying eggs early or late in the season. scim.ag/2WM
    A new study in Science presents whole-genome data from 233 primate species representing 86% of the primate genera and all 16 families. https://scim.ag/2WF #PrimateGenomes
    A new study in Science presents whole-genome data from 233 primate species representing 86% of the primate genera and all 16 families. scim.ag/2WF #PrimateGenomes
    New in @ScienceTM: Researchers have identified 15 separate variants in the PSMC3 proteasome gene in 23 patients with neurodevelopmental delay and intellectual disabilities. https://scim.ag/2Wz
    New in @ScienceTM: Researchers have identified 15 separate variants in the PSMC3 proteasome gene in 23 patients with neurodevelopmental delay and intellectual disabilities. scim.ag/2Wz
    On this week’s #SciencePodcast🎙️, @boron110 takes a look at taking solvents out of #chemistry with @JakeYeston and Yerzhan Zholdassov. 🎧 Listen to this segment and more: https://scim.ag/2Wx
    On this week’s #SciencePodcast🎙️, @boron110 takes a look at taking solvents out of #chemistry with @JakeYeston and Yerzhan Zholdassov. scim.ag/2Wx
    "Navigating academia as a young mother is hard, but it's also rewarding." In this #ScienceWorkingLife, a #PhD student wrote that her daughters have benefited from her pursuit of higher education. https://scim.ag/2Ws @ScienceCareers
    "Navigating academia as a young mother is hard, but it's also rewarding." #ScienceWorkingLife, a #PhD student wrote that her daughters have benefited from her pursuit of higher education. scim.ag/2Ws @ScienceCareers
    RT by @ScienceMagazine: 1/7 📢 Exciting news! we are thrilled to share a study from @AmniotaLab and @Canta_Lab just published in @ScienceMagazine, revealing the abundance decline of African megafauna 🌍🐘🦏 Check it out: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.add8366
    1/7 📢 Exciting news! we are thrilled to share a study from @AmniotaLab and @Canta_Lab just published in @ScienceMagazine, revealing the abundance decline of African megafauna 🌍🐘🦏 science.org/doi/10.1126/scie…  ( 1 min )
    A new Science study presents a method for #3Dprinting nanoscale optical-grade glass at 650°C—roughly 500°C lower than the sinter temperatures needed by other methods. The approach may help redefine the paradigm for free-form manufacturing of silica glass. https://scim.ag/2Wq
    A new Science study presents a method for #3Dprinting nanoscale optical-grade glass at 650°C—roughly 500°C lower than the sinter temperatures needed by other methods. scim.ag/2Wq
    A new @SciImmunology study involving human skin samples presents a spatial atlas of immune cells during psoriasis and health. https://scim.ag/2Wn
    A new @SciImmunology study involving human skin samples presents a spatial atlas of immune cells during psoriasis and health. scim.ag/2Wn
    Researchers in @ScienceAdvances have mapped the geological features underlying Thwaites Glacier to help improve predictions of ice flow contributing to the retreat of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet and related sea level rise. https://scim.ag/2Wj
    Researchers in @ScienceAdvances have mapped the geological features underlying Thwaites Glacier to help improve predictions of ice flow contributing to the retreat of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet and related sea level rise. scim.ag/2Wj
    "There is an important role that academics can play in shaping and evaluating these reforms." A new #SciencePolicyForum discusses the Biden administration's plans to modernize regulatory oversight with an eye toward equity. https://scim.ag/2Wh
    "There is an important role that academics can play in shaping and evaluating these reforms." #SciencePolicyForum discusses the Biden administration's plans to modernize regulatory oversight with an eye toward equity. scim.ag/2Wh
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    Three Spanish MIT physics postdocs receive Botton Foundation fellowships
    Recipients Luis Antonio Benítez, Carolina Cuesta-Lazaro, and Fernando Romero López receive support for their scientific research.  ( 6 min )
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    RT by @ground_guru: NEW: 49ers Enterprises agree deal for full takeover of Leeds United from Andrea Radrizzani. Announcement by club expected shortly. #LUFC
    NEW: 49ers Enterprises agree deal for full takeover of Leeds United from Andrea Radrizzani. Announcement by club expected shortly. #LUFC  ( 1 min )
    RT by @ground_guru: More on Ian Graham’s influence at #LFC by @ground_guru from late last year https://trainingground.guru/articles/head-of-data-ian-graham-leaving-liverpool-after-a-decade
    More on Ian Graham’s influence at #LFC by @ground_guru from late last year trainingground.guru/articles…
    RT by @ground_guru: This is the best insight into Postecoglou that I’ve seen
    This is the best insight into Postecoglou that I’ve seen nitter.net/ground_guru/status/1665417781876072449#m
    .@PaulMuzza7 has returned to @OfficialOAFC as Academy Manager. This will be his fourth stint at the club. https://trainingground.guru/articles/academy-manager-murray-returns-for-fourth-stint-at-oldham
    .@PaulMuzza7 has returned to @OfficialOAFC as Academy Manager. trainingground.guru/articles…
    RT by @ground_guru: Interesting: total minutes played by English footballers before age of 20, from @FIFPRO report
    Interesting: total minutes played by English footballers before age of 20, from @FIFPRO report nitter.net/PFA/status/1666795681128824833#m
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    R and OOP anti-patterns
    Thomas Lumley just dropped a blog post, Blank cheque inheritance and statistical objects, which begins as follows. One of the problems with object-oriented programming for statistical methods is that inheritance is backwards. Everything is fine for data structures, and Bioconductor … Continue reading →  ( 11 min )
    The cigarettes and cocaine argument
    Palko, from 2013 on “the rhetorical deception I [Palko] call the cigarettes and cocaine argument”: “We just don’t have the money for you to keep smoking. Do you realize that between your smoking and my cocaine habit we’re spending more … Continue reading →  ( 13 min )
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    R and OOP anti-patterns
    Thomas Lumley just dropped a blog post, Blank cheque inheritance and statistical objects, which begins as follows. One of the problems with object-oriented programming for statistical methods is that inheritance is backwards. Everything is fine for data structures, and Bioconductor … Continue reading → Continue reading: R and OOP anti-patterns  ( 12 min )
    ‘Advanced Shiny Development’ the hands-on workshop
    Best practices for a robust and maintainable shiny app, a hand on workshop on 21/06. Do you know how to build a basic Shiny web application, but would you like to bring your Shiny development to the next level? Learn from professional experts how to... Continue reading: ‘Advanced Shiny Development’ the hands-on workshop  ( 9 min )
    Kakhovka Dam Disaster
    Some History Continue reading: Kakhovka Dam Disaster  ( 45 min )
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    DFL accomplished just about everything, except protecting clean water
    DFL leadership fumbled a real opportunity to finally do something about the continuing threat copper-nickel sulfide mining poses to our clean water.  ( 10 min )
    Maddi Kingsbury’s ex-boyfriend charged with second-degree murder
    Plus: Suspect charged in mosque vandalism; Uptown Theater returns with live music; MN Department of Education target of cyber-security attack; and more.  ( 7 min )
    Minneapolis weighs ‘snow ambassadors’ against pricey city sidewalk plowing service
    City staff concluded a municipal sidewalk-shoveling program that would only cover certain streets would cost $27 million its first year alone, enough to gobble up all the new money next year’s already-budgeted property tax levy increase would generate.  ( 19 min )
    Mental testing of politicians? Why not voters, too?
    If it’s prudent to test the cognitive competence of candidates beseeching those casting ballots to support them, why not extend that probing to the voters themselves.  ( 16 min )
    Surgeon General wants warning label on social media for youth mental health
    In a Thursday Senate hearing, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy calls youth mental health crisis the 'defining public health issue of our time.'  ( 11 min )
    D.C. Memo: Justice Department indicts Trump
    Plus: GOP right-wing revolt freezes all legislation in the House
    Minnesota now has 15 Fortune 500 companies, down from 16 last year
    Despite losing one company on the list this year, Minnesota still has a disproportionately large number of Fortune 500s.
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    Chamoy (Salty and Spicy Mexican Pickled Fruit Sauce)
    This bold salty-sweet-sour-spicy Mexican sauce has roots in Asia, and is delicious on fresh raw fruit or paired with Tajín in an icy chamoyada or mangonada. Making it at home is easy: just simmer, blend, and then adjust to taste and for consistency.  ( 15 min )
    Cajun Shrimp
    Dry-brined in a mixture of salt and baking soda then tossed in a balanced spice blend that packs subtle heat, this Cajun shrimp is tender, juicy, and packed full of flavor.  ( 16 min )
    Our Favorite Smoking Gun from Breville Will Amp Up Your Cocktail Game—And Now It's 20% Off
    It adds subtle, nuanced smoke to your cocktails (or food) and features an adjustable fan and a sturdy base.  ( 11 min )
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    ‘Private. Secure. Superfast.’
    Ulaa Browser [dmedme] We believe it shouldn’t cost you your privacy to browse the internet. That’s why we’ve built a browser that respects your privacy, protects your personal data, and is designed to upgrade the way you work online. Note: This is not an endorsement.  ( 1 min )
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    The nuclear polity that is Georgia
    The first new nuclear reactor built in the United States in more than 40 years is now up and running in Waynesboro, Georgia. After more than a decade of construction and spiraling costs, Plant Vogtle Unit Three, the first of two new reactors at the site, started producing power at its full capacity in May. It’s expected […] The post The nuclear polity that is Georgia appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments Unfortunately, because of bad decisions by our local utility, ... by Paula Thompson In reply to seegs. Dallas just completed a water pipeline ... by Cancelled for wongthink In reply to JWatts. Open cycle. by Crikey In reply to DeQuan. I agree – that money should be spent on ... by Smetana Fohkkëwe In reply to sxb. > $ 15 per watt Also, the AP1000 has a ... by PHinton Plus 10 more... Related Stories The international competition heats up My excellent Conversation with Seth Godin Wheeling and Dealing: How Auto Dealers Put The Brakes on Direct Sales  ( 6 min )
    Friday assorted links
    1. Davis Kedrosky defends Jared Diamond, a good piece. 2. Is “war-related” a “factor” in financial market returns? 3. Global inequality in well-being has decreased along many dimensions. 4. Overview of the new ARPA-H. 5. “WWSS?”  Or, “What would Singapore say?”  You don’t have to agree, but the question is usually worth asking.  Here is […] The post Friday assorted links appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments 4. Given that Biden ordered e.g. USPSTF to change health ... by Just sayin In reply to God of Thunder. “The point is not to interpret ... by Formerly K In reply to Reason. Singapore is a (small autocratic) ... by Bazza 1. I’m sorry Tyler. Your blog is fabulous but I just can’t ... by Terry Richards In reply to Sneed. It’s not though. China and India are ... by H Plus 10 more...  ( 6 min )
    Economics, Hayek, and Large Language Models
    Here is my Hayek lecture at LSE, from earlier in this week: The post Economics, Hayek, and Large Language Models appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments In reply to rsm. rsm, someday, you will read how childless, ... by ged This was interesting. Good talk and thanks for posting. by Everything Is Not Interesting How come prices are nowhere needed in ChatGPT, despite Hayek's ... by rsm In reply to GED. Is everything just mood affiliation? by rsm In reply to seer of things. Is GDP the much, much bigger lie? by rsm Plus 10 more... Related Stories Emergent Ventures winners, 26th cohort Air Pollution Redux My new iPad Pro  ( 6 min )
    Emergent Ventures winners, 26th cohort
    Winston Iskandar, 16, Manhattan Beach, CA, an app for children’s literacy and general career development. Winston also has had his piano debut at Carnegie Hall. ComplyAI, Dheekshita Kumar and Neha Gaonkar, Chicago and NYC, to build an AI service to speed the process of permit application at local and state governments. Avi Schiffman and InternetActivism, […] The post Emergent Ventures winners, 26th cohort appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments In reply to Anti-Gnostic. How many dollars do the drug gangs ... by rsm In reply to rayward. Anyone ever hear of Lil Hardin Armstrong? by rsm In reply to MS-1. Indeed. There needs to be more of this done ... by skyzyks In reply to Phil S.. Ah, some of those 6 are Canucks are at ... by Phil S. Excellent. Congrats to all! by zztop Plus 10 more... Related Stories What should I ask Ada Palmer? Why I am not entirely bullish on brain-computer interface My excellent Conversation with Seth Godin  ( 7 min )
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    Ok I was wrong on this one. Thread
    Ok I was wrong on this one. Thread nitter.net/dril/status/1119336802299420673#m
    its muller time
    its muller time
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    Flowing to nowhere
    Kaiser explains why most flow charts we see are abstract concoctions.  ( 8 min )
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    R to @gelliottmorris: adding this tweet to the thread to illustrate how unwise it is to anchor an analysis to one single data point from one single survey
    adding this tweet to the thread to illustrate how unwise it is to anchor an analysis to one single data point from one single survey nitter.net/dcoxpolls/status/1666548671654100992#m
    The Economist is hiring a political data scientist to, among other things, take over our polling analysis and election forecasting endeavors from me when I leave. It’s a flexible job with good pay and excellent colleagues. Please share & DM any questions https://infographics.economist.com/2023/job-political-data-scientist/
    The Economist is hiring a political data scientist to, among other things, take over our polling analysis and election forecasting endeavors from me when I leave. It’s a flexible job with good pay and excellent colleagues. Please share & DM any questions infographics.economist.com/2…
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    R to @steak_umm: mine is the beefosaurus look he’s eating freezer beef
    mine is the beefosaurus look he’s eating freezer beef
    the discourse is exhausting. what’s your favorite dinosaur
    the discourse is exhausting. what’s your favorite dinosaur
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    The 10 Best Movies At Cannes 2023
    Running May 16 through May 27, the 76th edition of the most prestigious festival in the film world unveiled a stacked competition slate that included the latest work by world-renowned auteurs, an array of splashy summer releases, and buzzworthy titles that are already shaping up to be huge awards contenders next fall. In the blockbuster […]  ( 8 min )
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    RT by @losthunderlads: America's neoliberal elites want to maintain both that racism is behind all American wealth but also that we who represent (and have indeed spent our entire lives in) its richest institutions alone have transcended this.
    America's neoliberal elites want to maintain both that racism is behind all American wealth but also that we who represent (and have indeed spent our entire lives in) its richest institutions alone have transcended this.  ( 1 min )
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    Reader Poll: Considering a Move to Substack
    This blog is currently hosted on a site called WordPress.com. When I started the blog, I picked WordPress mostly just because it was easy and free. (Since then I started paying them money, both to remove ads and to get a custom domain, 4gravitons.com.) Now, the blog is more popular, and you guys access it […]  ( 13 min )
    ARPA-E Roadshow
    Today, Rice hosted the , a series of presentations by program officers, MC-ed by the director, .   It was all about the energy transition, and it was pretty fascinating, particularly hearing from leaders of startups who were making commercialization transitions as well as program officers describing highlights of their portfolios.  A few highlights: All of this stuff is far away from what I do for research, but it was certainly thought-provoking, and it showcases how much cleverness there is out there to bring to bear on the challenge of reducing climate impact. ARPA-E RoadshowARPA-EProf. Evelyn Wang "Hardware is hard." - said by , quoting a timeworn truth when talking about the challenge of actually building and deploying pathbreaking gadgets in the field.Rita Hansen "Work for ARPA-E,…  ( 10 min )
    Seminar on Applied Category Theory
    On Tuesday June 6, 2023, David Corfield ran a one-day Seminar on Applied Category Theory. He started with a quick introduction to applied category theory for philosophers! Then Toby St Clere Smith spoke about categorical cybernetics and the Bayesian brain. Then I gave a gentle introduction to applied category theory—more about the history of the […]  ( 7 min )
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    RT by @OptaAnalyst: The Heat bounced back in Game 2 of the NBA finals but the Nuggets took back the lead in the series in Game 3. What can Erik Spoelstra do to curb Denver's two biggest stars tonight? @matissa15 explains in his Game 4 preview: https://theanalyst.com/eu/2023/06/nba-finals-denver-nuggets-vs-miami-heat-game-4-prediction/
    The Heat bounced back in Game 2 of the NBA finals but the Nuggets took back the lead in the series in Game 3. @matissa15 explains in his Game 4 preview: theanalyst.com/eu/2023/06/nb…
    The 2023 FIFA U20 World Cup final will be between Uruguay and Italy this weekend, after they beat Israel and South Korea respectively last night.
    The 2023 FIFA U20 World Cup final will be between Uruguay and Italy this weekend, after they beat Israel and South Korea respectively last night.
    RT by @OptaAnalyst: 6-3 #AlcarazvsDjokovic, here is how the match unfolded using our live metrics. #RolandGarros @OptaAce @OptaAnalyst
    6-3 #AlcarazvsDjokovic, here is how the match unfolded using our live metrics. #RolandGarros @OptaAce @OptaAnalyst
    Who will win the 2022-23 #UCLfinal ? Read our preview to help you make up your mind: https://theanalyst.com/eu/2023/06/man-city-vs-inter-milan-champions-league-final-preview-and-prediction/
    Who will win the 2022-23 #UCLfinal ? theanalyst.com/eu/2023/06/ma…
    RT by @OptaAnalyst: As it perennially does, Europe’s elite club competition has given us intriguing statistical nuggets aplenty in 2022-23. @Tom_Hancock_ breaks down five trends from the UCL this season that you may not be aware of. #UCLfinal | #MCIINT | #UCLfinal https://theanalyst.com/eu/2023/06/champions-league-2022-23-stats-trends/
    As it perennially does, Europe’s elite club competition has given us intriguing statistical nuggets aplenty in 2022-23. @Tom_Hancock_ breaks down five trends from the UCL this season that you may not be aware of. #UCLfinal | #MCIINT | #UCLfinal theanalyst.com/eu/2023/06/ch…
    RT by @OptaAnalyst: Man City are looking to replicate Man Utd's 1998-99 accomplishment of winning the (real) treble of this weekend... ▪️ League ▪️ Main domestic cup ▪️ Champions League/European Cup How many other clubs across Europe have achieved this? #UCLfinal https://theanalyst.com/eu/2023/06/how-many-teams-have-won-the-treble/
    Man City are looking to replicate Man Utd's 1998-99 accomplishment of winning the (real) treble of this weekend... #UCLfinal theanalyst.com/eu/2023/06/ho…
    Jordan Pickford is the only goalkeeper to take (and score) a penalty for England in a competitive penalty shootout.
    Jordan Pickford is the only goalkeeper to take (and score) a penalty for England in a competitive penalty shootout. nitter.net/England/status/1667083557838176258#m
    RT by @OptaAnalyst: 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐌𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐲? 🤷‍♂️ Man City have lost just seven of their 60 competitive matches in 2022-23, but Internazionale will be hoping to inflict defeat no.8 tomorrow in the #UCLFinal. How can they do it? ✍️ @oliver_hopkins
    𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐌𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐲? 🤷‍♂️ #UCLFinal. @oliver_hopkins
    RT by @OptaAnalyst: Inter Milan vs Man City: Opta Preview 📈 It's the big one. The 2022-23 #UCLfinal sees Man City chase the treble following their league & FA Cup wins. Can Inter Milan stop them? We look ahead to the game, including the Opta supercomputer prediction. https://theanalyst.com/eu/2023/06/man-city-vs-inter-milan-champions-league-final-preview-and-prediction/
    Inter Milan vs Man City: Opta Preview 📈 #UCLfinal sees Man City chase the treble following their league & FA Cup wins. Can Inter Milan stop them? theanalyst.com/eu/2023/06/ma…
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    Characteristics of defined benefit retirement plans in 2022 https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2023/characteristics-of-defined-benefit-retirement-plans-in-2022.htm #BLSdata
    Characteristics of defined benefit retirement plans in 2022 bls.gov/opub/ted/2023/charac… #BLSdata
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    R to @beenwrekt: My friend just DMed me that 2003 called want its scientific criticism back. Which is right. But some weeks we need a reminder.
    My friend just DMed me that 2003 called want its scientific criticism back. Which is right. But some weeks we need a reminder.
    R to @beenwrekt: I mean, I can’t decide which is the most annoying article in Nature this week: 1. the latest Deepmind press release 2. the paper throwing statistics at the wall to prove cash transfer programs decrease mortality in LICs 3. the really long paper arguing people are overly nostalgic
    I mean, I can’t decide which is the most annoying article in Nature this week: 1. the latest Deepmind press release 2. the paper throwing statistics at the wall to prove cash transfer programs decrease mortality in LICs 3. the really long paper arguing people are overly nostalgic
    What if Nature is a bad magazine and its stature is unhealthy for everyone? I should prove this with science.
    What if Nature is a bad magazine and its stature is unhealthy for everyone? I should prove this with science.
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    Self-owning peeve of the week: Compersion
    Email from Florent Moncomble [links added]: A few months ago, the distinguished member of the Académie française Alain Finkielkraut was featured in a video where he deplored the loss of “a word which used to exist in the [French] language and disappeared from it”, ie. “compersion”. Apparently, little does he know that “compersion” was actually coined […]  ( 15 min )
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    RT by @berkeley_ai: New paper at #acl2023nlp! "Modular Visual Question Answering via Code Generation" With @medhini_n @kushaltk1248 @KevinYa33964384 @NagraniArsha @CordeliaSchmid @andyzengtweets @trevordarrell Dan Klein (@berkeley_ai/@GoogleAI)! 📜 https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.05392 💻https://github.com/sanjayss34/codevqa
    New paper at #acl2023nlp! @medhini_n @kushaltk1248 @KevinYa33964384 @NagraniArsha @CordeliaSchmid @andyzengtweets @trevordarrell Dan Klein (@berkeley_ai/@GoogleAI)! arxiv.org/abs/2306.05392 github.com/sanjayss34/codevq…
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    RT by @tetraduzione: I always tell my students to save at least a day to wrestle with the paper template when preparing a submission. Glad someone quantified what an enormous waste of time and resources this is. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-01846-9
    I always tell my students to save at least a day to wrestle with the paper template when preparing a submission. Glad someone quantified what an enormous waste of time and resources this is. nature.com/articles/d41586-0…  ( 1 min )
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    How a now-retracted study got published in the first place, leading to a $3.8 million NIH grant
    The scientific paper inspired international headlines with its bold claim that the combination of brain scans and machine learning algorithms could identify people at risk for suicide with 91% accuracy. The promise of the work garnered lead author Marcel Adam Just of Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh and co-author David Brent of the University of Pittsburgh a five-year, $3.8 million grant from the National Institute of … Continue reading How a now-retracted study got published in the first place, leading to a $3.8 million NIH grant  ( 8 min )
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    The Living Is Easy
    “Your daddy’s richAnd your ma’ is good looking…” I encourage scholars and students to work on their writing in a deliberate and disciplined fashion 32 weeks out of the year — 16 in the fall and 16 in the spring, each divided by a one-week break into two stretches of 8. This leaves 5 weeks … Continue reading The Living Is Easy →  ( 7 min )
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    Book Review: Shattering the Stigma of Menstruation
    In “Period,” Kate Clancy investigates the science of menstruation from anthropological, historical, and social justice perspectives, urging readers to examine “the systems that limit us in our understanding of menstruation” and to reevaluate everything we know about this maligned process.  ( 13 min )
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    RT by @ZoubinGhahrama1: A few weeks back, we introduced #REMEDIS — a unified large-scale self-supervised learning framework for building foundation medical imaging models. Today, we are delighted to share that REMEDIS has been published in “Nature Biomedical Engineering” — https://goo.gle/3JqZec7
    A few weeks back, we introduced #REMEDIS — a unified large-scale self-supervised learning framework for building foundation medical imaging models. goo.gle/3JqZec7
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    Seminar on Applied Category Theory
    On Tuesday June 6, 2023, David Corfield ran a one-day Seminar on Applied Category Theory. He started with a quick introduction to applied category theory for philosophers! Then Toby St Clere Smith spoke about categorical cybernetics and the Bayesian brain. Then I gave a gentle introduction to applied category theory—more about the history of the […]  ( 7 min )
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    Researchers calculated that high-emitting countries should pay $192 trillion in compensation to low-emitting nations https://trib.al/9n6onZv
    Researchers calculated that high-emitting countries should pay $192 trillion in compensation to low-emitting nations trib.al/9n6onZv
    The ability to conjure up possible futures or alternative realities is the flip side of memory. Both faculties cohabit in the brain region called the hippocampus https://trib.al/Dct9O76
    The ability to conjure up possible futures or alternative realities is the flip side of memory. Both faculties cohabit in the brain region called the hippocampus trib.al/Dct9O76
    Hyperintelligent octopuses can recode their brains when temperatures change https://trib.al/g73UG5q
    Hyperintelligent octopuses can recode their brains when temperatures change trib.al/g73UG5q
    How do we improve indoor air quality? As health editor @tanyalewis314 explains, filtration is only one piece of the puzzle. 📽️ Watch the full video: http://bit.ly/3e9EZ5I
    How do we improve indoor air quality? As health editor @tanyalewis314 explains, filtration is only one piece of the puzzle. bit.ly/3e9EZ5I
    Hyperintelligent octopuses just got weirder, when scientists found they can recode their brains when temperatures change https://trib.al/iOaEkfE
    Hyperintelligent octopuses just got weirder, when scientists found they can recode their brains when temperatures change trib.al/iOaEkfE
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    Labor productivity down in 69 manufacturing and mining industries in 2022 https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2023/labor-productivity-down-in-69-manufacturing-and-mining-industries-in-2022.htm #BLSdata
    Labor productivity down in 69 manufacturing and mining industries in 2022 bls.gov/opub/ted/2023/labor-… #BLSdata
    Labor productivity down in 69 manufacturing and mining industries in 2022 https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2023/labor-productivity-down-in-69-manufacturing-and-mining-industries-in-2022.htm #BLSdata
    Labor productivity down in 69 manufacturing and mining industries in 2022 bls.gov/opub/ted/2023/labor-… #BLSdata
    Healthcare Occupations: Characteristics of the Employed https://www.bls.gov/spotlight/2023/healthcare-occupations-in-2022/home.htm #BLSdata
    Healthcare Occupations: Characteristics of the Employed bls.gov/spotlight/2023/healt… #BLSdata
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    Braised Roman-style artichokes are cooked gently in a mixture of white wine, olive oil, garlic, and herbs. https://www.seriouseats.com/carciofi-alla-romana-roman-italian-braised-artichoke-recipe?taid=64825d96d4faf000013a2da1&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    Braised Roman-style artichokes are cooked gently in a mixture of white wine, olive oil, garlic, and herbs. seriouseats.com/carciofi-all…
    Frequently served with penne, positively magical with rigatoni, this vodka sauce is a powerhouse of tomato flavor smoothed over with the silky richness of heavy cream. https://www.seriouseats.com/pasta-with-vodka-sauce?taid=64824f81d4faf000013a28d6&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    Frequently served with penne, positively magical with rigatoni, this vodka sauce is a powerhouse of tomato flavor smoothed over with the silky richness of heavy cream. seriouseats.com/pasta-with-v…
    After testing 13 wine decanters, we have two top picks. These are the best, all-purpose wine decanters that were easy to pour into and from. https://www.seriouseats.com/best-wine-decanters-6889328?taid=6482416dab5b670001f8d9b5&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    After testing 13 wine decanters, we have two top picks. These are the best, all-purpose wine decanters that were easy to pour into and from. seriouseats.com/best-wine-de…
    Tender pieces of marinated and seared chicken in a rich and silky mahogany gravy. https://www.seriouseats.com/brown-stew-chicken-5207031?taid=6482255bdb77690001a88734&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    Tender pieces of marinated and seared chicken in a rich and silky mahogany gravy. seriouseats.com/brown-stew-c…
    A resource for how to make the best whipped cream at home, whatever the application. https://www.seriouseats.com/the-best-ways-to-make-whipped-cream-recipe-6755273?taid=6482173d137e400001af7e61&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    A resource for how to make the best whipped cream at home, whatever the application. seriouseats.com/the-best-way…
    There's no need to fire up the grill when you need a satisfying burger fix. Here's the secret to think, juicy broiled burgers. https://www.seriouseats.com/juicy-broiled-burgers-recipe?taid=6482091d137e400001af78c1&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    There's no need to fire up the grill when you need a satisfying burger fix. Here's the secret to think, juicy broiled burgers. seriouseats.com/juicy-broile…
    For pork souvlaki with maximum flavor, marinate it in a mixture of olive oil, red onion, garlic, lemon juice, red wine vinegar, and Greek oregano. https://www.seriouseats.com/grilling-pork-souvlaki-with-pita-and-tzatziki-recipe-greek?taid=6481ecfecf93b30001f253a2&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    For pork souvlaki with maximum flavor, marinate it in a mixture of olive oil, red onion, garlic, lemon juice, red wine vinegar, and Greek oregano. seriouseats.com/grilling-por…
    Add as much (or as little) lime and hot sauce to this light, savory beer drink as you want. https://www.seriouseats.com/perfect-michelada-mexican-beer-cocktail-recipe?taid=6481deeedb77690001a86cc1&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
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    We tested 12 popular coolers to find the best ones that have excellent cold retention, are easy to use, and are durable. seriouseats.com/the-best-coo…
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    R to @Redistrict: The legal fight to come will be over what constitutes "reasonably configured" or "compact." It's an age-old fight akin to defining obscenity. And in SC, Dems are pinning their hopes to alter #SC01 on a different type of federal racial gerrymandering claim (14th Amend, not VRA).
    The legal fight to come will be over what constitutes "reasonably configured" or "compact." It's an age-old fight akin to defining obscenity. #SC01 on a different type of federal racial gerrymandering claim (14th Amend, not VRA).  ( 2 min )
    R to @Redistrict: However, it's significantly harder to draw a new, geographically compact Black majority district in North Florida or South Carolina. Here's what a SC map with two 50%+ Black seats would probably need to look like:
    However, it's significantly harder to draw a new, geographically compact Black majority district in North Florida or South Carolina. Here's what a SC map with two 50%+ Black seats would probably need to look like:
    R to @Redistrict: It's also ridiculously easy to draw an additional compact Black majority seat in metro Atlanta (#GA06 below), though depending on how the court case plays out and GOP legislators respond, it might not necessarily net Dems a seat.
    It's also ridiculously easy to draw an additional compact Black majority seat in metro Atlanta (#GA06 below), though depending on how the court case plays out and GOP legislators respond, it might not necessarily net Dems a seat.  ( 1 min )
    R to @Redistrict: It's also not hard to unpack #LA02 (left) to draw an additional Black district in Louisiana (example #LA05, right). Today's SCOTUS decision makes a similar 4R-2D configuration likely as well.
    It's also not hard to unpack #LA02 (left) to draw an additional Black district in Louisiana (example #LA05, right). Today's SCOTUS decision makes a similar 4R-2D configuration likely as well.
    MAP THREAD: as we've outlined in recent years, it's not hard unpack #AL07 (left) to draw an additional Black majority district in Alabama (example #AL02, right). Today's SCOTUS decision likely makes something similar a reality in time for 2024.
    MAP THREAD: as we've outlined in recent years, it's not hard unpack #AL07 (left) to draw an additional Black majority district in Alabama (example #AL02, right). Today's SCOTUS decision likely makes something similar a reality in time for 2024.
    New @CookPolitical: in the wake of the SCOTUS Alabama decision, we're shifting five House ratings in Democrats' direction. It's very likely two formerly Solid R seats will end up in Solid D. https://www.cookpolitical.com/analysis/house/redistricting/surprise-scotus-alabama-ruling-huge-win-democrats-civil-rights-groups
    New @CookPolitical: in the wake of the SCOTUS Alabama decision, we're shifting five House ratings in Democrats' direction. It's very likely two formerly Solid R seats will end up in Solid D. cookpolitical.com/analysis/h…
    My latest for @CookPolitical: surprise SCOTUS Alabama ruling a huge win for Democrats, civil rights groups. Plus, our early read on what it means in AL, LA, SC and GA. https://www.cookpolitical.com/analysis/house/redistricting/surprise-scotus-alabama-ruling-huge-win-democrats-civil-rights-groups
    My latest for @CookPolitical: surprise SCOTUS Alabama ruling a huge win for Democrats, civil rights groups. Plus, our early read on what it means in AL, LA, SC and GA. cookpolitical.com/analysis/h…
    RT by @Redistrict: New by @Redistrict: "The landmark decision in Allen v. Milligan could reverberate across the Deep South, leading to the creation of new Black-majority, strongly Democratic seats in multiple states." https://www.cookpolitical.com/analysis/house/redistricting/surprise-scotus-alabama-ruling-huge-win-democrats-civil-rights-groups
    New by @Redistrict: "The landmark decision in Allen v. Milligan could reverberate across the Deep South, leading to the creation of new Black-majority, strongly Democratic seats in multiple states." cookpolitical.com/analysis/h…
    Back in 2021, I previewed the push by civil rights orgs & Democrats to unpack "hyper-minority" districts in the South, like Rep. Terri Sewell's (D) #AL07. Today's SCOTUS ruling is the culmination of that & a huge win for both groups. https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2021/09/it-time-rethink-hyper-minority-districts/620118/
    Back in 2021, I previewed the push by civil rights orgs & Democrats to unpack "hyper-minority" districts in the South, like Rep. Terri Sewell's (D) #AL07. Today's SCOTUS ruling is the culmination of that & a huge win for both groups. theatlantic.com/politics/arc…
    The Alabama Republicans in most jeopardy owing to the SCOTUS ruling: Reps. Jerry Carl (R) #AL01, Barry Moore (R) #AL02 and Mike Rogers (R) #AL03. Moore could be squeezed the most in any map reconfigured to feature a second Black majority seat.
    The Alabama Republicans in most jeopardy owing to the SCOTUS ruling: Reps. Jerry Carl (R) #AL01, Barry Moore (R) #AL02 and Mike Rogers (R) #AL03. Moore could be squeezed the most in any map reconfigured to feature a second Black majority seat.
    NEW: in a major surprise, Supreme Court rules 5-4 that Alabama's congressional map dilutes Black voting strength. This could reverberate to LA, SC and/or GA, forcing creation of 2-4 new Black majority districts and netting Dems 2-4 seats. Key passages: https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/22pdf/21-1086_1co6.pdf
    NEW: in a major surprise, Supreme Court rules 5-4 that Alabama's congressional map dilutes Black voting strength. This could reverberate to LA, SC and/or GA, forcing creation of 2-4 new Black majority districts and netting Dems 2-4 seats. supremecourt.gov/opinions/22…
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    RT by @tetraduzione: Remember: like every selection process, grad school admission is very noisy & biased. The only signal you should be reading is that you don't fit the traditional rubric—you excel in your own ways. Grad school is also not a magical pill that's gonna solve all your problems.
    Remember: like every selection process, grad school admission is very noisy & biased. The only signal you should be reading is that you don't fit the traditional rubric—you excel in your own ways. Grad school is also not a magical pill that's gonna solve all your problems.  ( 1 min )
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    RT by @tetraduzione: Favorite slide from great talk by @jmtomczak at @Ellis_Amsterdam 🐄
    Favorite slide from great talk by @jmtomczak at @Ellis_Amsterdam 🐄
    RT by @tetraduzione: 📢Join the Deep Learning meets Neuromorphic Hardware w at #ECMLPKDD23📢 Explore the intersection of #DeepLearning and #NeuromorphicComputing for energy-efficient AI systems. Deadline: June 12, 2023. Don't miss out! #AI #ML #DLNHWorkshop ℹ️ https://sites.google.com/unipi.it/dlnh-ecmlpkdd23/home-page
    📢Join the Deep Learning meets Neuromorphic Hardware w at #ECMLPKDD23📢 #DeepLearning and #NeuromorphicComputing for energy-efficient AI systems. #AI #ML #DLNHWorkshop sites.google.com/unipi.it/dl…
    RT by @tetraduzione: Influence estimation + Tree ensembles + Lots of empirical results = Our new paper in JMLR! My two favorite results: 1. TracIn is easily adapted to trees, and works great. 2. In some settings, approximate influence estimates are much better than exact! https://jmlr.org/papers/v24/22-0449.html
    Influence estimation + Tree ensembles + Lots of empirical results = Our new paper in JMLR! jmlr.org/papers/v24/22-0449.…
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    Here’s this week’s cartoon for Guardian Australia: https://www.theguardian.com/sport/ng-interactive/2023/jun/09/david-squires-on-mixed-reactions-to-ange-postecoglous-move-to-tottenham?CMP=share_btn_tw
    Here’s this week’s cartoon for Guardian Australia: theguardian.com/sport/ng-int…  ( 1 min )
    RT by @squires_david: David Squires on … mixed reactions to Ange Postecoglou at Tottenham. By @squires_david https://www.theguardian.com/sport/ng-interactive/2023/jun/09/david-squires-on-mixed-reactions-to-ange-postecoglous-move-to-tottenham?CMP=share_btn_tw
    David Squires on … mixed reactions to Ange Postecoglou at Tottenham. By @squires_david theguardian.com/sport/ng-int…
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    Average oxygen levels in the ocean have fallen by 2% over the past 50 years, and could fall 20% by the end of this century, making some parts of the ocean less habitable to sea life. Learn more: https://scim.ag/2Wf #WorldOceanDay
    Average oxygen levels in the ocean have fallen by 2% over the past 50 years, and could fall 20% by the end of this century, making some parts of the ocean less habitable to sea life. scim.ag/2Wf #WorldOceanDay
    "If the [Supreme] Court continues to make it more difficult to progress toward a more perfect union … then an equitable future for all will become … harder to reach," argues @Dr_JimGates on the pending affirmative action decision. https://scim.ag/2Wd #ScienceEditorial
    "If the [Supreme] Court continues to make it more difficult to progress toward a more perfect union … then an equitable future for all will become … harder to reach," argues @Dr_JimGates on the pending affirmative action decision. scim.ag/2Wd #ScienceEditorial
    RT by @ScienceMagazine: March 2023 @ScienceMagazine study relevant to ongoing #wildfires: “Our data analysis implies a link between the extensive boreal fires and climate drivers (especially temperature increase or heatwaves),” @BoZheng18 @Davis_StevenJ @ciais_philippe.
    March 2023 @ScienceMagazine study relevant to ongoing #wildfires: “Our data analysis implies a link between the extensive boreal fires and climate drivers (especially temperature increase or heatwaves),” @BoZheng18 @Davis_StevenJ @ciais_philippe. nitter.net/Davis_StevenJ/status/1631394707661295616#m  ( 1 min )
    Taurine deficiency may be a driver for aging, finds a new Science study in several animal models. The results warrant clinical trials to examine taurine’s effect on healthy lifespan in humans. 📄: https://scim.ag/2W2 #SciencePerspective: https://scim.ag/2W1
    Taurine deficiency may be a driver for aging, finds a new Science study in several animal models. The results warrant clinical trials to examine taurine’s effect on healthy lifespan in humans. scim.ag/2W2 #SciencePerspective: scim.ag/2W1
    RT by @ScienceMagazine: Happy to be part of this multi-organism study showing how taurine declines with age. 👇Thanks @VijayYadavLab and all authors! This is our first (collaborative) paper in @ScienceMagazine! 🐟🐟🐟 @ircaninstitute @CNRS_DR20 #zebrafish #telomerase #aging https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abn9257
    Happy to be part of this multi-organism study showing how taurine declines with age. 👇Thanks @VijayYadavLab and all authors! @ScienceMagazine! 🐟🐟🐟 @ircaninstitute @CNRS_DR20 #zebrafish #telomerase #aging science.org/doi/10.1126/scie…
    RT by @ScienceMagazine: Extremely pleased to announce that our paper looking at mammalian responses to the COVID-19 lockdowns is now out in @ScienceMagazine http://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abo6499 🧵 (1/8)
    Extremely pleased to announce that our paper looking at mammalian responses to the COVID-19 lockdowns is now out in @ScienceMagazine science.org/doi/10.1126/scie… 🧵 (1/8)
    RT by @ScienceMagazine: The June issue of Science #Immunology is out! This month's cover features an analysis of tumor TRM cell characteristics in mice. Other studies looked at GAS-responsive T cells and psoriasis, as well as immune cell “neighborhoods” in the skin: https://scim.ag/2VS
    The June issue of Science #Immunology is out! scim.ag/2VS
    A 2021 #ScienceReview showed how the rapidly changing soundscape of modern oceans impacts marine life globally—and how mitigating these impacts is key to achieving a healthier ocean. Learn more on #WorldOceanDay: https://scim.ag/2VP
    A 2021 #ScienceReview showed how the rapidly changing soundscape of modern oceans impacts marine life globally—and how mitigating these impacts is key to achieving a healthier ocean. #WorldOceanDay: scim.ag/2VP
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    de-MCM’d
    This morning I received a message from the MCM 23 conference organisers that my registration [submitted two months ago] was declined for lack of room! I wonder why the organisers did not opt for broadcasting in a second amphitheater, as was done for ISBA in Edinburgh. Unfortunately, we have attained the maximal capacity of the […]  ( 6 min )
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    de-MCM’d
    This morning I received a message from the MCM 23 conference organisers that my registration [submitted two months ago] was declined for lack of room! I wonder why the organisers did not opt for broadcasting in a second amphitheater, as was done for ISBA in Edinburgh. Unfortunately, we have attained the maximal capacity of the […]  ( 6 min )
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    Safety experts are cautiously optimistic new results may help support further cultural and institutional change to address poor laboratory practices in academia. https://scim.ag/2We
    Safety experts are cautiously optimistic new results may help support further cultural and institutional change to address poor laboratory practices in academia. scim.ag/2We
    A new study suggests boosting taurine levels increases life span in mice and improves the physical condition of middle-aged monkeys, hinting it could do the same for people. https://scim.ag/2W7
    A new study suggests boosting taurine levels increases life span in mice and improves the physical condition of middle-aged monkeys, hinting it could do the same for people. scim.ag/2W7
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    "some thing is rotten in the state of DLC. " - BabyHueyGamer
    "some thing is rotten in the state of DLC. " - BabyHueyGamer
    tom clancy alternate reality series of novels where george bush was hit by the shoe
    tom clancy alternate reality series of novels where george bush was hit by the shoe
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    The Deeper You Can Listen; The Closer You´ll Get to Your Voice in Writing
    Four ways to become an expert in listening to what can make your perspective unique, your reality.  ( 13 min )
    Unorganized Chaos Is Better Than Planned Perfection
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    Meet the West African Baker Reshaping French Pastry
    There are days when Amadou Ly barely sees the sun. ALF Bakery, located on the subterranean level of Manhattan’s Chelsea Market, opens at 9:00 a.m., but Ly’s day starts hours earlier, in the dark, in his glass-walled work station in front of a piano-sized machine called a dough sheeter. Lamination, the practice of incorporating layers upon layers of whisper-thin butter into dough, is at the core of much of what Ly does—and it is not a process that can be rushed. Invented in Austria as early as the 13th century, laminated dough took Paris by storm in 1839, when a Viennese artillery officer by the name of August Zang set up a bakery in France. The slightest fluctuations in temperature, humidity, or timing can ruin a batch of croissants in an instant. “Most humans, we like to cut corners,”…  ( 19 min )
    ALF Bakery in New York, New York
    Few sights are as mesmerizing as that of bakers methodically rolling fresh croissants each morning in this glass-encased kitchen hidden in the lower level of Chelsea Market. As with the best Parisian bakeries, ALF releases fresh batches of pastries and breads throughout the day, meaning the kitchen team works near ceaselessly from before dawn until after the bakery closes at 6 p.m. New York has no shortage of bakeries, but none are quite like this one. In a landscape dominated by brand-name bakers who churn out thousands of loaves, ALF Bakery—short for “Amadou Ly Fancy Bakery”—is a scrappy, independent operation whipping up absurdly high-level baked goods. The mastermind behind it all is Amadou Ly, who originally hails from Senegal and Togo, journeyed to Barcelona to study chocolate, P…  ( 14 min )
    Patriarchate of Peć in Peja, Kosovo
    The Patriarchate of Peć is an important religious and cultural institution in Kosovo. It is the historical seat of the Serbian Orthodox Church as well as the Old Serbian Kingdom and Empire, consisting of several medieval Serbian Orthodox monasteries, namely, the Church of the Holy Apostles, the Church of St. Demetrius, the Church of St. Nicolas and the Church of the Holy Mother of God Hodegetria. The entire complex is a gorgeous feast for the eyes and an absolute must-visit for those exploring the region. The Patriarchate of Peć has a rich history dating back to the 13th century, when it became the center of religious and cultural life for the Serbian Orthodox Church and the Serbian community. Since its foundations, it has played a crucial role in preserving Serbian culture, religious tr…  ( 13 min )
    Abandoned Castle Video Games in Blacksburg, South Carolina
    Castle Video Games, a defunct casino building, definitely stands out in its environment. The castle features a stone exterior, an arched wooden door, a looming knight statue, turrets, and other cliché castle features. Even in its decades-long stretch into neglect, it’s standing strong, and it holds a kind of kitschy allure in its rural South Carolina surroundings. Located right off the highway in the tiny, unassuming town of Blacksburg, South Carolina, it's a weird setting for an even weirder story behind the Castle Video Games building. Gambling was supposed to be illegal in South Carolina. In fact, gambling was clearly banned in South Carolina, in written law, since 1802. But in 1986, a scheming politician snuck an amendment into a bill that very subtly made gambling legal through the permission of video gambling. Apparently, the state itself didn’t even realize that this had happened until three years later, in 1989.  Naturally, upon realizing that gambling was accidentally legal again, the early 1990s saw a boom in video poker. Gambling arcades popped up all around South Carolina, located conveniently close to state lines (across which gambling was still actually illegal). Video poker machines were everywhere during this time—you could find people chasing losses in restaurants, gas stations, bowling alleys, and corner stores. But, of course, all good things must come to an end. In 1999, the South Carolina Supreme Court canceled video poker and banned gambling (again). At the time, it was reportedly a $2.8 billion industry. And just like that, the lights went out at Blacksburg's Castle Video Games. The castle is still there, in pretty great condition, serving as a weird reminder of the time when video poker reigned supreme over the state of South Carolina.  ( 13 min )
    Hutchesons' Hall Statues in Glasgow, Scotland
    Just west of Glasgow's centrally located George Square and City Chambers (where you can visit the building's ornate, marble-clad staircase) is the Merchant City neighborhood. The 30-square-block neighborhood is bounded by Ingram Street to Argyle Street and Queen Street to High Street. Architecturally, the neighborhood is most known for its former 18th- and 19th-century warehouse buildings that have now mostly been refurbished into boutique hotels and upscale retail shops. In Merchant City, at the intersection of John and Ingram Streets, sits a towering white building known as Hutchesons' Hall. This building once served as both a hospital and school for boys and is named after the two brothers, George and Thomas Hutcheson, who founded it toward the middle of the 1600s. The likelinesses of the two brothers can be found at the entrance of the building. Most local residents, as well as visitors, wouldn't know that these statues have been accidentally switched! The mix-up happened when the building was undergoing renovation at the beginning of the 1800s. During the construction project, the statues were put into storage. Once the renovation was completed, the best were dusted off and reinstated. But unbeknownst to the workers, the two brothers were returned to the incorrect plinth. This was not the only error the builders made. George Hutcheson the elder brother was born in 1580 and died in 1639. Unfortunately, a mathematical error was made and the date of his passing was inscribed as 1663—miscalculating his age by nearly three decades! Even though these blunders have been identified, they remain uncorrected to this day.  ( 13 min )
    On the Road? Share Your Pics of Roadside Attractions and Win!
    You’re driving on Route 66 in the Mojave Desert and suddenly come across some Chinese guardian lions, or foo dogs. Are they a mirage? What about those giant fruits you spot from the bus on the main road of Konagi in Japan? Or the whimsical tin horses that gallop alongside a highway in Western Australia? Destinations are great, but summer road trips are made all the more memorable by the head-turning wonders along the way: outrageously big objects, mesmerizing gas stations, puzzling signs, and more. You may stop for a closer look, you may not, but you won’t forget the sight. At Atlas Obscura, we love and celebrate roadside attractions all over the world, and the stories behind them. But we want to see what you see, and are inviting all our readers and fans to submit photos of your most me…  ( 29 min )
    Graves of John Cloyce & Abraham Rice in Framingham, Massachusetts
    Throughout the United States, there is no shortage of historic graves. There are headstones dedicated to people who died of old age, disease, war, accidents, and other tragic circumstances. But, in the Church Hill Cemetery in Framingham, Massachusetts, there is one remarkably unusual grave that's dedicated to two men from the 18th century who were both killed after being struck by lightning at the exact same time. There is not much information regarding the backgrounds of John Cloyce and Abraham Rice but it is known that Rice was a Cornet in the British colonial cavalry before the time of his death. According to accounts, on June 3, 1777, several men congregated around a metal fence to see a horse that a local Framingham preacher, Peter Parker, was interested in purchasing. When Parker w…  ( 14 min )
    Arab Baths in Elche, Spain
    In the southeast corner of Spain, the small city of Elche in the province of Alicante is famous for the UNESCO-inscribed Palmeral of Elche, a 10th-century manmade oasis that boasts some 45,000 date palms spread out between 67 orchards. But the Palmeral oasis is far from the only wonder the medieval Arab inhabitants of Elche left behind. Nestled in the city's center, buried underground is an elaborate medieval bath complex known as the Arab Baths (Baños Árabes) or Hammam. While it's not the only bath complex in Elche, the Arab Baths (built around 1150) are the most remarkable and important in the city, situated close to the medieval mosque and main gate of the town. Today, the baths are located beneath the La Merced Convent (or "Convento de la Merced"), which Clarissa nuns occupied until the city moved the sister into a new convent in 2004. Since the 13th century, the baths have been repurposed many times. Most recently, the sisters housed a convent store and storage room in the medieval baths. Despite this, the bath themselves have remained remarkably unaltered and are a rare architectural example of Islamic public buildings from the former Islamic territory of Al-Andalus.  ( 13 min )
    Thermal Spring Cascades in Hot Springs, Arkansas
    Hot Springs National Park is full of jewels such as the art deco design of the Arlington Hotel and the thermal cascades. The display pool harnesses one of the many hot springs in the area. Gently spilling over a moss-covered rock hill, the water steams into a touch pool, where one can feel the heat of the springs. The 147 degrees Fahrenheit means the water must be tempered in a bathhouse before bathing. Past the display spring, and up above the bathhouse row, the Hot Water Cascade violently gushes on the side of a cliff.  Both cascades are must-sees at the national park.  One can even collect the spring water from one of the many public fountains, some tempered, to drink later. Many think the 4,000-year-old water has healing powers.  ( 12 min )
    Nyamiha Metro Station Memorial in Minsk, Belarus
    On May 30, 1999, the people of Minsk gathered by the Svisloch River for a festive event commemorating the second anniversary of the Mir radio station, featuring a concert by Mango-Mango.  However, a thunderstorm erupted accompanied by heavy hail. In a rush to seek shelter from the weather, around 2,500 young individuals, crowded into the underpass of the Nemiga metro station. Poor design and the absence of handrails led to individuals slipping on wet tiles. Unaware of the unfolding danger, the pushing crowd sparked a stampede, with the intervening policemen only managing to stop a portion of the crowd. The stampede resulted in the tragic loss of 53 lives, including two heroic police officers, Foreman Vladimir Govin and Senior Sergeant Gennady Ryabokon. Additionally, over 250 people suffered injuries of varying severity.  In remembrance of the lives lost in the stampede, a memorial was built outside the Nyamiha metro station. The memorial is a symbol of collective mourning and a solemn dedication to never forget the lives tragically taken too soon. It offers a place for contemplation and paying respects to the victims.  ( 13 min )
    Podcast: The Tabor Opera House
    Listen and subscribe on Stitcher, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all major podcast apps. This episode of The Atlas Obscura Podcast transports listeners to the historic Tabor Opera House in Leadville, Colorado. Today, Colorado is a hub for music and performance, but long before anyone appeared live at Red Rocks or made The Fillmore shake, there was the Tabor – which not only staged high dramas, tragedies, and tales of star-crossed lovers…it also inspired an opera of its own. Host Dylan Thuras explores the story of the Tabor’s enigmatic founder, Horace Tabor, who went from rags to riches in the blink of an eye thanks to the Colorado Silver Boom. Tabor’s meteoric rise brought wealth, political power, and a scandalous love affair with a divorcee 24 years his junior, the famed beauty Elizabeth “Baby Doe” McCourt. But it all came crashing down as quickly as it began, when Horace – and Baby Doe – lost everything, were forced to sell the Tabor Opera House, and died penniless. Decades later, when the Opera House was threatened with destruction, a Leadville woman named Evelyn Furman came to its rescue, preserving the theater for future generations. Furman also introduced the theater and its fascinating “ghosts” to two American songwriters, who were inspired by the Tabors’ story to pen the opera “The Ballad of Baby Doe.” “The Ballad of Baby Doe” has since become one of the most popularly performed American operas, and the Tabor Opera House – today undergoing extensive renovation – continues to inspire.  ( 18 min )
    Ring the ‘Fish Doorbell’ To Help Fish Migrate in the Netherlands
    Retired software distributor Daan van Rooijen grew up fishing in the ponds and canals of Amsterdam, catching his first fish at the age of five. So, when he recently glimpsed a very large, rare Wels catfish in the waterways of Utrecht, a small city 25 miles south of Amsterdam, van Rooijen felt some of the old excitement of reeling in a big catch. This time, though, instead of hauling the trophy fish to shore, van Rooijen courteously rang a virtual “doorbell” on the catfish’s behalf, prompting a worker to open a canal lock and allowing the fish to pass through the waterway unscathed. van Rooijen will do this repeatedly throughout the spring and summer months, and sometimes he’ll go onto Facebook to tell his friends about it. These days, it's safe to say van Rooijen is the one who is hooked…  ( 22 min )
    Lonesome George at the Fausto Llerena Breeding Center in Puerto Ayora, Ecuador
    In 1971, while poking around the Galapagan isle of Pinta in search of mollusks, Hungarian zoologist József Vágvölgyi instead discovered a 60-year-old tortoise—the only one remaining, with his food supply having been devastated by ravaging feral goats introduced a century earlier. Singular not only on Pinta but the planet, this last of the Chelonoidis niger abingdonii was dubbed “Lonesome George” and transported to the Charles Darwin Research Station on the nearby island of Santa Cruz, for the safety of the individual and with the aspiration to preserve the subspecies. Over decades, George was monitored by multiple teams of scientists and tended by park ranger Fausto Llerana; in 1983 Llerana, who had developed a passion for tortoises as an adolescent, became the tortoise's primary caregiv…  ( 13 min )
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    RT by @ground_guru: The UEFA Pro Licence class of 2023 ⚽
    The UEFA Pro Licence class of 2023 ⚽
    RT by @ground_guru: Huge congratulations to all of our graduates ⚽
    Huge congratulations to all of our graduates ⚽
    RT by @ground_guru: Fascinating. Some of the vocabulary and assumptions feel a little bit like the wider corporate world. Bould seems to be hinting at something more collective where the manager might fade into the background. Rooney looking at rebuild and recruitment and westward
    Fascinating. Some of the vocabulary and assumptions feel a little bit like the wider corporate world. Bould seems to be hinting at something more collective where the manager might fade into the background. Rooney looking at rebuild and recruitment and westward
    RT by @ground_guru: Wayne Rooney, Jonathan Woodgate and Steve Bould among those graduating with their UEFA Pro Licence from the FA
    Wayne Rooney, Jonathan Woodgate and Steve Bould among those graduating with their UEFA Pro Licence from the FA nitter.net/guins1/status/1666806111700389889#m
    RT by @ground_guru: @NunoANunes you deserve so much credit for the development of this guided learning programme. The @Football_BSc have certainly benefited from the diverse backgrounds of our expert course friends. Excited to see how this progresses across @SolentUni 👏👏👏👏👏
    @NunoANunes you deserve so much credit for the development of this guided learning programme. The @Football_BSc have certainly benefited from the diverse backgrounds of our expert course friends. Excited to see how this progresses across @SolentUni 👏👏👏👏👏 nitter.net/NunoANunes/status/1666795032815235074#m
    This was lovely last night, with Declan Rice and his son, as well as David Moyes celebrating with his dad It’s a side we don’t usually see/ reminds everyone that these are people as well as players
    This was lovely last night, with Declan Rice and his son, as well as David Moyes celebrating with his dad nitter.net/btsportfootball/status/1666553010531491846#m
    RT by @ground_guru: Final day in Manchester, great insight from @ground_guru before individual study presentations from @waynerooney @dcunited, @williekirk @LCFC_Women, Steve Bould @LommelSKOff Lee Grant @IpswichTown, @JustinMWalker_ @HullCity & Mike Sheron @Rovers. Next up the graduation dinner…🥂
    Final day in Manchester, great insight from @ground_guru before individual study presentations from @waynerooney @dcunited, @williekirk @LCFC_Women, Steve Bould @LommelSKOff Lee Grant @IpswichTown, @JustinMWalker_ @HullCity & Mike Sheron @Rovers. Next up the graduation dinner…🥂
    RT by @ground_guru: I am proud of the 21 "The Chat Club" events that were offered to @Football_BSc . A big (huge) thank you to all the guest speakers that kindly shared knowledge and experience with our students. You all impacted their life and career. #sharingiscaring
    I am proud of the 21 "The Chat Club" events that were offered to @Football_BSc . A big (huge) thank you to all the guest speakers that kindly shared knowledge and experience with our students. You all impacted their life and career. #sharingiscaring
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    Great gig by ⁦@MaggieLindemann⁩ at Dynamo in Zürich this evening 👊
    Great gig by ⁦@MaggieLindemann⁩ at Dynamo in Zürich this evening 👊
    Lunchtime reminder of today’s review of RC Lens, this season’s surprise package in France #RCLens #Ligue1
    Lunchtime reminder of today’s review of RC Lens, this season’s surprise package in France #RCLens #Ligue1 nitter.net/SwissRamble/status/1666706103189766144#m
    R to @SwissRamble: Similarly, #RCLens €38m wage bill was only 12th highest in France in 2021/22, miles below PSG's €729m, but also less than a third of Marseille €135m and Monaco €118m.
    Similarly, #RCLens €38m wage bill was only 12th highest in France in 2021/22, miles below PSG's €729m, but also less than a third of Marseille €135m and Monaco €118m.  ( 1 min )
    R to @SwissRamble: #RCLens massively punched above their weight, as their finances are essentially those of a mid-table club, e.g. their €47m revenue was only 12th highest in Ligue 1 in 2021/22, significantly lower than PSG €670m.
    #RCLens massively punched above their weight, as their finances are essentially those of a mid-table club, e.g. their €47m revenue was only 12th highest in Ligue 1 in 2021/22, significantly lower than PSG €670m.  ( 1 min )
    RT by @SwissRamble: One of the most heartwarming football stories this season was RC Lens qualifying for the Champions League only three years after promotion to Ligue 1, where they finished just one point behind #PSG Here's a review of their financials #RCLens #Ligue1 https://swissramble.substack.com/p/rc-lens-finances-202122
    One of the most heartwarming football stories this season was RC Lens qualifying for the Champions League only three years after promotion to Ligue 1, where they finished just one point behind #PSG #RCLens #Ligue1 swissramble.substack.com/p/r…  ( 1 min )
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    RT by @OptaAnalyst: Miami shot 31.4% from three in Game 3, and (maybe) as a result, they lost 109-94. Was it all about them missing their shots? Or was there something more to Denver’s success in Game 3? https://theanalyst.com/na/2023/06/nba-finals-denver-nuggets-vs-miami-heat-game-4-prediction/
    Miami shot 31.4% from three in Game 3, and (maybe) as a result, they lost 109-94. theanalyst.com/na/2023/06/nb…
    RT by @OptaAnalyst: Inter Miami are currently ranked the 28th best team in the United States. Lionel Messi should improve that significantly. @Matt_Furniss takes a look at a new era for MLS. https://theanalyst.com/eu/2023/06/lionel-messi-inter-miami-new-era-mls/
    Inter Miami are currently ranked the 28th best team in the United States. Lionel Messi should improve that significantly. @Matt_Furniss takes a look at a new era for MLS. theanalyst.com/eu/2023/06/li…
    RT by @OptaAnalyst: We look at the Lionel Messi of now compared to the Lionel Messi of past to assess whether Inter Miami are getting a player still in his prime. https://theanalyst.com/eu/2023/06/lionel-messi-inter-miami-new-era-mls/
    We look at the Lionel Messi of now compared to the Lionel Messi of past to assess whether Inter Miami are getting a player still in his prime. theanalyst.com/eu/2023/06/li…
    RT by @OptaAnalyst: Declan Rice look set to depart West Ham United this summer. @DavidSegar_ analyses the qualities that make him so attractive to many top clubs around Europe. ➡️ https://theanalyst.com/eu/2023/06/why-declan-rice-is-a-wanted-man/
    Declan Rice look set to depart West Ham United this summer. @DavidSegar_ analyses the qualities that make him so attractive to many top clubs around Europe. theanalyst.com/eu/2023/06/wh…
    RT by @OptaAnalyst: With all of the top five leagues over, @RyanRyanBenson looked at some key statistical trends from the 2022-23 campaign, including: 🥅 A record season for @PremierLeague goals 🟨🟥 La Liga goes cards crazy ⏱️ All eyes on time-wasters 🦶 Passing habits of goalkeepers
    With all of the top five leagues over, @RyanRyanBenson looked at some key statistical trends from the 2022-23 campaign, including: @PremierLeague goals 🟨🟥 La Liga goes cards crazy ⏱️ All eyes on time-wasters 🦶 Passing habits of goalkeepers
    RT by @OptaAnalyst: Alexis Mac Allister is now a Liverpool player. 🔴 ✍️ @DavidSegar_ has looked at what the World Cup winner should bring to Jürgen Klopp's midfield.
    Alexis Mac Allister is now a Liverpool player. 🔴 @DavidSegar_ has looked at what the World Cup winner should bring to Jürgen Klopp's midfield.
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    Bringing the social and ethical responsibilities of computing to the forefront
    The inaugural SERC Symposium convened experts from multiple disciplines to explore the challenges and opportunities that arise with the broad applicability of computing in many aspects of society.  ( 11 min )
    New model offers a way to speed up drug discovery
    By applying a language model to protein-drug interactions, researchers can quickly screen large libraries of potential drug compounds.  ( 9 min )
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    Bringing the social and ethical responsibilities of computing to the forefront
    The inaugural SERC Symposium convened experts from multiple disciplines to explore the challenges and opportunities that arise with the broad applicability of computing in many aspects of society.  ( 11 min )
    New model offers a way to speed up drug discovery
    By applying a language model to protein-drug interactions, researchers can quickly screen large libraries of potential drug compounds.  ( 9 min )
    MIT researchers make language models scalable self-learners
    The scientists used a natural language-based logical inference dataset to create smaller language models that outperformed much larger counterparts.  ( 9 min )
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    RT by @CookPolitical: New @CookPolitical: in the wake of the SCOTUS Alabama decision, we're shifting five House ratings in Democrats' direction. It's very likely two formerly Solid R seats will end up in Solid D. https://www.cookpolitical.com/analysis/house/redistricting/surprise-scotus-alabama-ruling-huge-win-democrats-civil-rights-groups
    New @CookPolitical: in the wake of the SCOTUS Alabama decision, we're shifting five House ratings in Democrats' direction. It's very likely two formerly Solid R seats will end up in Solid D. cookpolitical.com/analysis/h…  ( 1 min )
    RT by @CookPolitical: Wanna understand what SCOTUS’ recent AL redistricting decision means? No one better than @CookPolitical @Redistrict at breaking it all down. Bottom line: as many as 4 GOP seats in AL & LA could be in danger. https://www.cookpolitical.com/analysis/house/redistricting/surprise-scotus-alabama-ruling-huge-win-democrats-civil-rights-groups
    Wanna understand what SCOTUS’ recent AL redistricting decision means? No one better than @CookPolitical @Redistrict at breaking it all down. Bottom line: as many as 4 GOP seats in AL & LA could be in danger. cookpolitical.com/analysis/h…  ( 1 min )
    R to @CookPolitical: For now, we are making five House race rating changes. #AL01: Solid R to Toss Up #AL02: Solid R to Toss Up #LA05: Solid R to Toss Up #LA06: Solid R to Toss Up #NC01: Toss Up to Lean D Our full House Race Ratings chart: https://www.cookpolitical.com/ratings/house-race-ratings
    For now, we are making five House race rating changes. #AL01: Solid R to Toss Up #AL02: Solid R to Toss Up #LA05: Solid R to Toss Up #LA06: Solid R to Toss Up #NC01: Toss Up to Lean D cookpolitical.com/ratings/ho…  ( 1 min )
    New by @Redistrict: "The landmark decision in Allen v. Milligan could reverberate across the Deep South, leading to the creation of new Black-majority, strongly Democratic seats in multiple states." https://www.cookpolitical.com/analysis/house/redistricting/surprise-scotus-alabama-ruling-huge-win-democrats-civil-rights-groups
    New by @Redistrict: "The landmark decision in Allen v. Milligan could reverberate across the Deep South, leading to the creation of new Black-majority, strongly Democratic seats in multiple states." cookpolitical.com/analysis/h…  ( 1 min )
    "It is going to be hard enough for many of these incumbents to outrun former President Donald Trump, the likely GOP nominee. They also can't afford to be burdened with a Republican-led Congress that is defined by chaos and calamity." @amyewalter's latest: https://www.cookpolitical.com/analysis/national/national-politics/biggest-winners-debt-ceiling-deal-vulnerable-house-republicans
    "It is going to be hard enough for many of these incumbents to outrun former President Donald Trump, the likely GOP nominee. They also can't afford to be burdened with a Republican-led Congress that is defined by chaos and calamity." @amyewalter's latest: cookpolitical.com/analysis/n…
    RT by @CookPolitical: This could also dilute GOP re-draw in NC. Hold onto your hats everyone, the race for control of the House in ‘24 is going to be FIERCE.
    This could also dilute GOP re-draw in NC. Hold onto your hats everyone, the race for control of the House in ‘24 is going to be FIERCE. nitter.net/Redistrict/status/1666819545150144519#m
    The growing Republican field for president is great news for one particular candidate, @CharlieCookDC writes. https://www.cookpolitical.com/analysis/national/national-politics/more-republicans-enter-race-trump-solidifies-his-lead
    The growing Republican field for president is great news for one particular candidate, @CharlieCookDC writes. cookpolitical.com/analysis/n…
    Senate Democrats succeeded in 2022 by outpacing President Biden's standing in their states. Can they do it again in 2024? @JessicaTaylor crunches the numbers: https://www.cookpolitical.com/analysis/senate/senate-charts/senate-democrats-biggest-2024-challenge-outrunning-biden
    Senate Democrats succeeded in 2022 by outpacing President Biden's standing in their states. Can they do it again in 2024? @JessicaTaylor crunches the numbers: cookpolitical.com/analysis/s…  ( 1 min )
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    #SCOTUS will issue opinions next week on Thursday, June 15, & Friday, June 16. There are 23 cases remaining.
    #SCOTUS will issue opinions next week on Thursday, June 15, & Friday, June 16. There are 23 cases remaining.
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    Madeline Kingsbury’s remains found in southeastern Minnesota
    Plus: Calculate what happens to your taxes under tax law signed into law; MPCA says Twin Cities have a trash problem; fishing wolves; and more.  ( 7 min )
    After losing a family member to cancer, Waite Park advocate hopes new MinnesotaCare access for undocumented residents will save lives
    The recently passed health omnibus bill allows undocumented residents to be eligible for the MinnesotaCare public option.  ( 16 min )
    Formal effort begins to replace ‘cluttered genocidal mess’ on Minnesota state flag and seal
    By next May the state flag will be lowered for the last time and replaced by a new banner designed by a 13-member commission created to approve both a new flag and a new “Great Seal of the State of Minnesota.”  ( 20 min )
    Weekend Picks: The art of listening, performance art, and the search for lesbian bars
    Plus: A debut duo album from AJ Srubas & Rina Rossi; exploring disability through movement, performance; a quartet at kj's hideaway; and more.  ( 13 min )
    It’s time to confront the nursing shortage
    A plea for more students to enter this vital, fulfilling profession.  ( 9 min )
    Minneapolis police account for majority of state’s misconduct claims
    Plus: Minneapolis mayor wants to close Nicollet Mall to traffic; that drone video from DFL Governor Tim Walz; couple pleads guilty to stealing funds meant for underprivileged children; and more.  ( 9 min )
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    Don’t Squeeze the Shorts
    Also EnTrust/EnTRust, GameStop and Coinbase puts.  ( 2 min )
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    Octopuses Redesign Their Own Brains When They Get Chilly
    Hyperintelligent octopuses just got weirder, when scientists found they can recode their brains when temperatures change
    Introducing Scientific American's New Today in Science Newsletter
    Sign up for a daily dose of discovery and awe
    Lung Cancer Pill Halves Risk of Death in Some People
    For lung cancer patients who have a specific genetic mutation, taking a pill called osimertinib after surgery greatly reduced the risk of lung cancer recurrence
    E. Jean Carroll's Case Reveals the 'Double Victimization' of Sexual Assault Survivors
    Courts and the public are skeptical of sexual assault survivors who didn’t react violently to assault, placing a double burden on them. “Why didn’t you fight back?” is an impossible standard to demand, research shows
    mRNA Vaccines Could Prevent Diseases in Farm Animals
    There are safeguards to ensure they won’t end up in your food
    Scientists Make Best-Yet Map of Solar System's Interstellar Boundaries
    Researchers have gained a new view of the journey ahead for the twin Voyager spacecraft and other probes bound on one-way trips into interstellar space
    Where Imagination Lives in Your Brain
    The ability to conjure up possible futures or alternative realities is the flip side of memory. Both faculties cohabit in the brain region called the hippocampus
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    R to @steak_umm: it’s the only way i can get to sleep anymore
    it’s the only way i can get to sleep anymore
    the internet has given us a lot of things but its most fascinating contribution is oddly aggro chiropractor videos
    the internet has given us a lot of things but its most fascinating contribution is oddly aggro chiropractor videos
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    The illusion of moral decline
    From a new Nature article by Adam M. Mastroianni and Daniel T. Gilbert: Anecdotal evidence indicates that people believe that morality is declining. In a series of studies using both archival and original data (n = 12,492,983), we show that people in at least 60 nations around the world believe that morality is declining, that they have […] The post The illusion of moral decline appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments I am surprised that there was not more of an effort on thread ... by monetary economics is too complicated It does seem we notice the ways things are getting worse more ... by Student They don't care because he has no kids- Altman and Cowen should ... by Antony T In reply to dearieme. I usually like a ten dollar word but I ... by peri In reply to Moral Panic. > What is the right answer? ... by PHinton Plus 10 more...  ( 7 min )
    Thursday assorted links
    1. ChinaGPT (ahem). 2. Another review of Apple Vision Pro. 3. Some plausible views on the future of GPT. 4. Ben Springwater built a web site presenting some of the best blog posts on all time. 5. Eastern European growth rates? The post Thursday assorted links appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments In reply to Phil C. Agreed. I thought I saw a plug-in that ... by Reason Sam Altman says he worries making ChatGPT was 'something really ... by Antony T Likely of interest to some here concerned about the moral panic ... by Skeptical Observer #3 Hilarious. “GPT2030 will outcompete most professional ... by James In reply to Dorey. True enough, but if you decide to ... by Torn Plus 10 more...  ( 6 min )
    Air Pollution Redux
    New York City today has the worst air quality in the world, so now seems like a good time for a quick redux on air pollution. Essentially, everything we have learned in the last couple of decades points to the conclusion that air pollution is worse than we thought. Air pollution increases cancer and heart […] The post Air Pollution Redux appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments In reply to Bill. Fake Bill, or should I say, Equestrian or ... by Bill In reply to Engineer. “It’s sort of amusing that the ... by EdR In reply to RAD. Well, I'm sure the NikeBros are guilty of ... by RAD In reply to Zod. The real hysteria in energy policy has been ... by RAD In reply to PHinton. The lessons we learn. Luckily, the plant ... by Ah, you mean Diablo Canyon was poorly sited too? Plus 10 more... Related Stories The Growing Market for Cancer Drugs The price discrimination culture that is Finland The Poop Detective  ( 7 min )
    The price discrimination culture that is Finland
    A businessman in Finland has been slapped with a hefty €121,000, or $129,400, fine for speeding in a country where tickets are calculated based on income, a local paper Nya Åland reported. Anders Wiklöf, the chairman of Wiklöf Holding AB, was driving at 82km/h, or 51mph, when he entered a zone where the speed limit was 50km/h, […] The post The price discrimination culture that is Finland appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments In reply to Dinwar. Do you read the newspapers or watch the ... by Kaleberg In reply to Dinwar. Tell me more about how rich people are ... by Kaleberg In reply to Moral Panic. Is the argument that the police ... by Kaleberg In reply to Dinwar. That's what led to the whole Black Lives ... by Kaleberg Is it price discrimination, or is it a fixed price aid in a ... by AnthonyC Plus 10 more... Related Stories Air Pollution Redux Evidence from Italy’s ChatGPT Ban How D.C. densified  ( 6 min )
    My excellent Conversation with Peter Singer
    Here is the video, audio, and transcript.  Here is part of the episode summary: Peter joined Tyler to discuss whether utilitarianism is only tractable at the margin, how Peter thinks about the meat-eater problem, why he might side with aliens over humans, at what margins he would police nature, the utilitarian approach to secularism and […] The post My excellent Conversation with Peter Singer appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments In reply to Then good thing you didn't wait around for the ... by Deeply evil (and stupid) to pretend the aborted kids are fungible with those who make it In reply to Luka. Rather than self-recommending, ... by I love the stupidity of expressly regretting how nature works In reply to PHinton. Cows, pigs, made a deal, you protect us ... by Also tends to ignore that the animals we eat wouldn't be here if we didn't eat them In reply to Jonathan Doensky. Why couldn't the aliens have ... by Why does everyone assume the aliens can't get here? In reply to Anti-Gnostic. Seems like he's never spent much ... by I was actually shocked he admitted human happiness is greater Plus 10 more... Related Stories What should I ask Ada Palmer? My excellent Conversation with Seth Godin Ian Dunt on how Westminster works, or doesn’t  ( 8 min )
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    ariel has opinions on opinions on opinions
    ariel has opinions on opinions on opinions nitter.net/aedwardslevy/status/1666823877761339392#m
    a victory for democracy and smart political science on redistricting
    a victory for democracy and smart political science on redistricting nitter.net/cwarshaw/status/1666816614401208321#m
    john roberts, welcome to the #resistance
    john roberts, welcome to the #resistance nitter.net/baseballot/status/1666812020539392002#m
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    In Search of Lost Time, by Marcel Proust
    The first-person account of a man’s introspections on his life and examination of memory.  ( 3 min )
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    Transliterations aplenty
    From Simon Cartoon: Here's something I just saw at a local bakery in Berkeley, CA. Simon explains: We have English, Spanish, and then French in the last position, no issues there. 3rd position is Mandarin Chinese via pinyin: Who is this for? What is the population of people uncomfortable reading in English, but comfortable reading […]  ( 8 min )
    What is the logical form of that?
    This post wanders down a series of rabbit holes, from a couple of dead economists, to a dead philosopher, to a dead Supreme Court justice. It all started with Eric Rahim's obituary in the Guardian, which links to the British Academy's obituary for Piero Sraffa, which includes this passage: He also formed a close friendship […]  ( 10 min )
    Greco-Sinitic ψάμμος / ʃˠa mɑk̚ ("desert")
    [This is a guest post by Chau Wu] The psammo- component of the winning word in this year's Scripps National Spelling Bee, psammophile, is of interest to me because it is a good example of European-Sinitic lexical correspondence. The Ancient Greek word psámmos (ψάμμος) means ‘sand’.  When used together with a definite article (ἡ ψάμμος), […]  ( 8 min )
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    Fun thread showing GPT-4 can also optimize unoptimized assembly code. Someone get Dimitris a Nature paper.
    Fun thread showing GPT-4 can also optimize unoptimized assembly code. Someone get Dimitris a Nature paper. nitter.net/DimitrisPapail/status/1666843952824168465#m
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    RT by @Zonal_Marking: ⚒️ West Ham and Moyes' night to remember with @benjilanyado 🏆 Can Inter spoil City's treble party? 🇦🇺 Big Ange at Spurs It's @acjimbo, @Zonal_Marking, @oilysailor and @CDEccleshare on all your big talking points 👇 https://pod.fo/e/182980
    ⚒️ West Ham and Moyes' night to remember with @benjilanyado @acjimbo, @Zonal_Marking, @oilysailor and @CDEccleshare on all your big talking points 👇 pod.fo/e/182980
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    Our Favorite Espresso Beans for Pulling a Fantastic Shot
    We compiled a list of our favorite espresso blends from well-known roasters like Intelligentsia and Counter Culture, along with smaller companies.  ( 26 min )
    We Tested Soft Coolers to Find Ones with Excellent Cold Retention and Portability
    We tested nine soft coolers, evaluating their durability, cold retention, and capacity, as well as how easy they were to carry.  ( 27 min )
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    Because she didn't have the self-confidence to say "You could get ten more if you wanted."
    Because she didn't have the self-confidence to say "You could get ten more if you wanted." nitter.net/LouBegaVEVO/status/1666545052623986689#m
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    Hedging your bets by weighting regressions?
    Cody Boyer writes: I’ve had a question in the back of my mind since I read this article years ago. What I’m curious about is this section, quoted below: A major challenge is that there are a lot of plausible … Continue reading →  ( 15 min )
    Prior knowledge elicitation: The past, present, and future
    Petrus Mikkola, Osvaldo A. Martin, Suyog Chandramouli, Marcelo Hartmann, Oriol Abril Pla, Owen Thomas, Henri Pesonen, Jukka Corander, Aki Vehtari, Samuel Kaski, Paul-Christian Bürkner, and Arto Klami write in a paper that recently appeared online in Bayesian Analysis journal Specification … Continue reading →  ( 9 min )
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    Did a ‘nasty’ publishing scheme help an Indian dental school win high rankings?
    Each year, the 500 undergraduates at Saveetha Dental College in Chennai, India, participate in 4-hour exams that require them to write a 1500-word manuscript on research they have conducted. After faculty and students review and revise the papers, they use an online tool to add references to previously published work. Many of the papers are then submitted to and … Continue reading Did a ‘nasty’ publishing scheme help an Indian dental school win high rankings?  ( 8 min )
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    Fascinating
    Fascinating nitter.net/a_m_mastroianni/status/1666482105289961472#m
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    I Was a Wilderness Therapy Success Story. Then my PTSD Surfaced.
    As a teenager, I was taken against my will to the Oregon wilderness and subjected to 13 weeks of therapy. Afterward, I credited the treatment with helping me overcome my self-medicating and self-destructive behaviors. But now it’s clear that the experience didn’t heal me — it deeply traumatized me.  ( 11 min )
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    Building a basic Shiny app with Golem – Part I (Video)
    R and Shiny Training: If you find this blog to be interesting, please note that I offer personalized and group-based training sessions that may be reserved through Buy me a Coffee. Additionally, I provide training services in the Spanish language ... Continue reading: Building a basic Shiny app with Golem – Part I (Video)  ( 7 min )
    Understanding the file.info() Function in R: Listing Files by Date
    Introduction Continue reading: Understanding the file.info() Function in R: Listing Files by Date  ( 13 min )
    Update to Data Science Software Popularity
    I’ve updated The Popularity of Data Science Software‘s market share estimates based on scholarly articles. I posted it below, so you don’t have to sift through the main article to read the new section. Scholarly Articles Scholarly articles provide a rich source of information about data science ... Continue reading: Update to Data Science Software Popularity  ( 16 min )
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    RT by @pixelatedboat: Mutual understanding: https://thenib.com/mutual-understanding
    Mutual understanding: thenib.com/mutual-understand…
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    I mean….
    I mean….
    It’s a great series
    It’s a great series
    My coach would be mad as hell!!
    My coach would be mad as hell!!
    Number 55 on Miami looks like a accountant I love it! His auntie hit me on instagram! Thru call him Jimmy Neutron!
    Number 55 on Miami looks like a accountant I love it! His auntie hit me on instagram! Thru call him Jimmy Neutron!
    And his name is Reggie Jackson!!
    And his name is Reggie Jackson!!
    Lol I kid I kid lol got love for stephen!
    Lol I kid I kid lol got love for stephen!
    Let’s go Miami!!
    Let’s go Miami!!
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    Attempts To Put Statistics In Context, Put Into Context
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    R to @DaveAHopkins: McCarthy claimed he didn't need to make any deal with Jeffries to get the Dem votes he needed to pass the rules resolution...but maybe he should have made one to get 90 fewer Dem votes on final passage
    McCarthy claimed he didn't need to make any deal with Jeffries to get the Dem votes he needed to pass the rules resolution...but maybe he should have made one to get 90 fewer Dem votes on final passage
    I suspect some type of mischief would be happening anyway, but the high level of Democratic support for the debt ceiling bill does nothing to quiet McCarthy skeptics in the House GOP—if Ilhan Omar & Eric Swalwell could vote for it, doesn't that mean his deal gave away too much?
    I suspect some type of mischief would be happening anyway, but the high level of Democratic support for the debt ceiling bill does nothing to quiet McCarthy skeptics in the House GOP—if Ilhan Omar & Eric Swalwell could vote for it, doesn't that mean his deal gave away too much?
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    May 2023 Solution
    Computing quadratic forms  ( 2 min )

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    Prince Otto, by Robert Louis Stevenson
    A prince who neglects to rule his kingdom finds that he is about to be deposed.  ( 2 min )
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    Labor force participation rate for people ages 25 to 54 in May 2023 highest since January 2007 https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2023/labor-force-participation-rate-for-people-ages-25-to-54-in-may-2023-highest-since-january-2007.htm #BLSdata
    Labor force participation rate for people ages 25 to 54 in May 2023 highest since January 2007 bls.gov/opub/ted/2023/labor-… #BLSdata
    Firm migrations in the United States: magnitude and trends https://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2023/article/firm-migrations-in-the-united-states-magnitude-and-trends.htm #BLSdata
    Firm migrations in the United States: magnitude and trends bls.gov/opub/mlr/2023/articl… #BLSdata
    Labor force participation rate for people ages 25 to 54 in May 2023 highest since January 2007 https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2023/labor-force-participation-rate-for-people-ages-25-to-54-in-may-2023-highest-since-january-2007.htm #BLSdata
    Labor force participation rate for people ages 25 to 54 in May 2023 highest since January 2007 bls.gov/opub/ted/2023/labor-… #BLSdata
    See our interactive charts and maps for today's new #BLSdata on county employment and wages https://www.bls.gov/charts/county-employment-and-wages/ #DataViz
    See our interactive charts and maps for today's new #BLSdata on county employment and wages bls.gov/charts/county-employ… #DataViz
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    New paper: Proof-of-work consensus by quantum sampling
    Our new paper on using boson-sampling as a basis for distributed blockchain consensus algorithms is available here. Abstract: Since its advent in 2011, boson-sampling has been a preferred candidate for demonstrating quantum advantage because of its simplicity and near-term requirements compared to other quantum algorithms. We propose to use a variant, called coarse-grained boson-sampling (CGBS), … Continue reading New paper: Proof-of-work consensus by quantum sampling→ The post appeared first on .New paper: Proof-of-work consensus by quantum samplingPeter Rohde  ( 16 min )
    Last Day To Apply To PhD In Physics In Padova
    The University of Padova the deadline to submit applications to be enrolled in a Ph.D. course in Physics at the University of Padova. Below I summarize a previous post that describes the opportunity. has extended until tomorrow, June 8 at 1PM CEST read more  ( 5 min )
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    Hey @katieporteroc have ever thought about throwing your hat into the presidential race?! I would vote for you!!
    Hey @katieporteroc have ever thought about throwing your hat into the presidential race?! I would vote for you!!
    We are now entering the wild Wild West y’all! I’m just trying to figure who will be valuable enough that will get shot that we will take this shit serious. The lady will probably get off with the stand your ground law but wasn’t the mother standing hers when kid got hit in the head with and iPad. I’m really scared for the future of our county!
    We are now entering the wild Wild West y’all! I’m just trying to figure who will be valuable enough that will get shot that we will take this shit serious. The lady will probably get off with the stand your ground law but wasn’t the mother standing hers when kid got hit in the head with and iPad. I’m really scared for the future of our county!
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    A rich, nutty Thai panang curry, paired with tender braised short ribs. https://www.seriouseats.com/panang-neua-thai-panang-curry-with-beef?taid=64810c10cf93b30001f20767&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    A rich, nutty Thai panang curry, paired with tender braised short ribs. seriouseats.com/panang-neua-…
    We tested 12 garlic presses to see which ones were easy to use, pressed the best-tasting garlic, and were a cinch to clean. https://www.seriouseats.com/best-garlic-presses-6833119?taid=6480fe09db77690001a82a2f&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    We tested 12 garlic presses to see which ones were easy to use, pressed the best-tasting garlic, and were a cinch to clean. seriouseats.com/best-garlic-…
    By using ice or ice packs, you can easily keep fish fresh for days in your refrigerator. https://www.seriouseats.com/best-way-to-store-fish-refrigerator-ice-packs?taid=6480efebd4faf0000139ba7e&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    By using ice or ice packs, you can easily keep fish fresh for days in your refrigerator. seriouseats.com/best-way-to-…
    Marinated bone-in meat lends deep flavor to a simple, rustic Indian chicken curry. https://www.seriouseats.com/gavthi-indian-village-chicken-curry-recipe-indian?taid=6480d3bbab5b670001f85f2f&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    Marinated bone-in meat lends deep flavor to a simple, rustic Indian chicken curry. seriouseats.com/gavthi-india…
    Light or dark, thick or thin: shrimp étouffée the way you want it. https://www.seriouseats.com/shrimp-etouffee?taid=6480c5dbab5b670001f85ae3&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    Light or dark, thick or thin: shrimp étouffée the way you want it. seriouseats.com/shrimp-etouf…
    In this easy weeknight dinner, the classic pairing of orecchiette and broccoli gets a twist with a creamy turmeric sauce and crunchy toasted hazelnuts. https://www.seriouseats.com/orecchiette-with-broccoli-and-toasted-hazelnuts-recipe-7507873?taid=6480b7bfd4faf0000139a655&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    In this easy weeknight dinner, the classic pairing of orecchiette and broccoli gets a twist with a creamy turmeric sauce and crunchy toasted hazelnuts. seriouseats.com/orecchiette-…
    Buying the best chopping block or cutting board requires a comparison of material, size, price, maintenance, and ease of use. https://www.seriouseats.com/best-cutting-boards-7496186?taid=64809b9bcf93b30001f1d9a0&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    Buying the best chopping block or cutting board requires a comparison of material, size, price, maintenance, and ease of use. seriouseats.com/best-cutting…
    Basque cheesecake boasts a creamy center and a deeply caramelized "burnt" top and bottom, thanks to a high-temperature bake. https://www.seriouseats.com/basque-cheesecake?taid=64808d94137e400001c0f32a&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    Basque cheesecake boasts a creamy center and a deeply caramelized "burnt" top and bottom, thanks to a high-temperature bake. seriouseats.com/basque-chees…
    Canning can be a great way to preserve seasonal vegetables and fruits, but you got to have the right gear (such as our tested-and-recommended pressure canner). https://www.seriouseats.com/best-pressure-canning-gear-7506154?taid=647fd6b5cf93b30001f194b7&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    Canning can be a great way to preserve seasonal vegetables and fruits, but you got to have the right gear (such as our tested-and-recommended pressure canner). seriouseats.com/best-pressur…
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    How to Protect Yourself from Smoky Wildfire Air
    As giant plumes from fires in Canada billow over the U.S., experts explain what smoke does to your health—and how to protect yourself
    How to Use the Air Quality Index
    Wildfire smoke from Canada is causing poor air quality along the East Coast. Here’s what those air quality alerts mean
    An Ice-free Arctic Could Be Only a Decade Away
    A new study finds that Arctic sea ice could disappear in the summers as early as the 2030s, a decade earlier than previously thought
    How Long Will Wildfire Smoke Last, and Where Will It Spread?
    Smoke from record-setting wildfires in Canada has blanketed parts of the eastern U.S., but shifting summer weather patterns should bring relief
    Images Show Wildfire Smoke Choking the East Coast
    Scientific American will be rounding up some of the most striking images and notable updates about the smoke blanketing the Northeast from wildfires raging across Canada
    How Indigenous Groups Are Leading the Way on Data Privacy
    Indigenous groups are developing data storage technology that gives users privacy and control. Could their work influence those fighting back against invasive apps?
    How AI Could Take Over Elections--And Undermine Democracy
    An AI-driven political campaign could be all things to all people
    The Weirdest Particles in the Universe
    Neutrinos are bizarre and ubiquitous and may just break the rules of physics
    These Predators Had a Face like an Axe and Will Haunt Your Nightmares
    Terror birds were the grizzly bears of birds, the great white sharks of the land, Jack the Ripper but with feathers. They were also truly fascinating.
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    RT by @losthunderlads: Academics act like the only thing they can do to pursue social justice is change their syllabi, while just completely ignoring the possibility of tweaking the language on the departmental website.
    Academics act like the only thing they can do to pursue social justice is change their syllabi, while just completely ignoring the possibility of tweaking the language on the departmental website.
    tmblr.co/ZuM2Kydy042W8m00
    tmblr.co/ZuM2Kydy042W8m00
    "A version of Proud Mary in tribute to Tina Turner. It’s one of those covers that completely eclipse the original version. It’s so perfect it’s hard to believe it wasn’t written for her." http://ukulelehunt.com/?p=28953 via @UkeHunt
    "A version of Proud Mary in tribute to Tina Turner. It’s one of those covers that completely eclipse the original version. It’s so perfect it’s hard to believe it wasn’t written for her." ukulelehunt.com/?p=28953 via @UkeHunt
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    Cantonese Clay Pot Rice With Velveted Chicken and Mushrooms (北菇滑雞煲仔飯)
    When done properly, velveting can render a relatively lean cut of meat moist and tender—even after extended steaming.  ( 20 min )
    Cantonese Clay Pot Rice With Chinese Meatloaf (肉餅煲仔飯)
    Pleasantly springy and fragrant with soy sauce, oyster sauce, and Shaoxing wine, Chinese meatloaf is delicious served on its own or atop Cantonese claypot rice.  ( 21 min )
    How to Make Cantonese Clay Pot Rice (煲仔飯)
    This comforting meal of rice steamed and crisped within a Cantonese clay pot is a favorite in Hong Kong, where it’s served with an assortment of savory toppings and a seasoned soy sauce.  ( 24 min )
    21 One-Pot Dinner Recipes to Make Life (and Weeknights) Easier
    Don't worry about the dishes! These meals come together easily and efficiently.  ( 15 min )
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    uniform spacings
    A riddle on uniform spacings!, namely when considering eight iid Uniform (0,1) variates as visiting times and three further iid Uniform (0,1) variates as server availability times, with unit service time, the question being the probability a server is available for a ninth visiting time, T⁹. Which can be decomposed into four cases: at least […]  ( 6 min )
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    uniform spacings
    A riddle on uniform spacings!, namely when considering eight iid Uniform (0,1) variates as visiting times and three further iid Uniform (0,1) variates as server availability times, with unit service time, the question being the probability a server is available for a ninth visiting time, T⁹. Which can be decomposed into four ... Continue reading: uniform spacings  ( 8 min )
    Geographic SHAP
    "R Python" continued... Geographic SHAP Continue reading: Geographic SHAP  ( 14 min )
    Introduction to Propensity Score Analysis with R workshop
    Learn how to use propensity score analysis in R! Join our workshop on Introduction to Propensity Score Analysis with R which is a part of our workshops for Ukraine series.  Here’s some more info:  Title: Introduction to Propensity Score Analysis with R Date: Thursday, July 6th, 18:00 – 20:00 CEST (Rome, Berlin, ... Continue reading: Introduction to Propensity Score Analysis with R workshop  ( 13 min )
    JAGS Simulation with Multivariate State-Space Model: The G7 on Food Security
    The 49th G7 summit was held recently in Japan. Ukraine was one of the most critical issues at the meeting; most of the session topic was related to problems stemming from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. One of the problems, aforementioned is food security. Because of the war, energy prices ... Continue reading: JAGS Simulation with Multivariate State-Space Model: The G7 on Food Security  ( 13 min )
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    uniform spacings
    A riddle on uniform spacings!, namely when considering eight iid Uniform (0,1) variates as visiting times and three further iid Uniform (0,1) variates as server availability times, with unit service time, the question being the probability a server is available for a ninth visiting time, T⁹. Which can be decomposed into four cases: at least […]  ( 6 min )
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    RT by @pixelatedboat: Arnold Schwarznegger says he suggested to change “I’ll be back” to “I will be back” in ‘THE TERMINATOR’ because he thought it sounded more “machine-like.” James Cameron responded with “Are you the writer? Don’t tell me how to fucking write.” (Source: https://www.insider.com/arnold-schwarzenegger-james-cameron-terminator-fought-ill-be-back-2023-6?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=entertainment-sf)
    Arnold Schwarznegger says he suggested to change “I’ll be back” to “I will be back” in ‘THE TERMINATOR’ because he thought it sounded more “machine-like.” insider.com/arnold-schwarzen…)
    RT by @pixelatedboat: elon is autistic AND has a trans kid but he’s such a horny reply guy he forgot i guess
    elon is autistic AND has a trans kid but he’s such a horny reply guy he forgot i guess
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    RT by @ground_guru: Moyes' 87 year old dad got to see his son win a European trophy, bloody hell, say what you want about him as a manager but after his ups and downs what a moment to have for those two and their family.
    Moyes' 87 year old dad got to see his son win a European trophy, bloody hell, say what you want about him as a manager but after his ups and downs what a moment to have for those two and their family.
    RT by @ground_guru: If interested graph is from this published paper - https://www.setantacollege.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/SCJ_Developing-world-class-players_2017.pdf
    If interested graph is from this published paper - setantacollege.com/wp-conten…
    RT by @ground_guru: If interested graph is from this published paper - https://www.setantacollege.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/SCJ_Developing-world-class-players_2017.pdf
    If interested graph is from this published paper - setantacollege.com/wp-conten…
    "Developing training age in the gym takes time. If fundamental movements are mastered at a young age and they have good physical literacy then they can develop strength." @DeasunO https://trainingground.guru/articles/des-ryan-athletic-development-at-arsenal-academy
    "Developing training age in the gym takes time. If fundamental movements are mastered at a young age and they have good physical literacy then they can develop strength." @DeasunO trainingground.guru/articles…
    RT by @ground_guru: "The approach to athletic development is important and should be crystal clear. We had a clear philosophy called the 'arrow approach', which came from the doctor, Ges Steinberg." @DeasunO | @ArsenalAcademy #AFC https://trainingground.guru/articles/des-ryan-athletic-development-at-arsenal-academy
    "The approach to athletic development is important and should be crystal clear. We had a clear philosophy called the 'arrow approach', which came from the doctor, Ges Steinberg." @DeasunO | @ArsenalAcademy #AFC trainingground.guru/articles…
    🚨 CLOSES TUESDAY! Head of Academy Coaching @BurnleyOfficial https://trainingground.guru/jobs-listings/head-of-academy-coaching-burnley
    🚨 CLOSES TUESDAY! @BurnleyOfficial trainingground.guru/jobs-lis…
    RT by @ground_guru: 122 national team games together from 2001 to 2023. It was a pleasure from the first to the last. @Ibra_official @svenskfotboll
    122 national team games together from 2001 to 2023. It was a pleasure from the first to the last. @Ibra_official @svenskfotboll
    This is a great point. @BARRYD22 spoke to us before about the feeling of '24-hour surveillance' https://trainingground.guru/articles/barry-drust-beware-24-hour-player-surveillance
    This is a great point. @BARRYD22 spoke to us before about the feeling of '24-hour surveillance' trainingground.guru/articles… nitter.net/thesleepgeek/status/1666091763675824130#m
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    RT by @OptaAnalyst: We look back at a brilliant night for West Ham in Europe, with all the key stats & facts from their 2-1 win over Fiorentina. You can also do you own analysis on the #UECLfinal with the Opta chalkboards. https://theanalyst.com/eu/2023/06/fiorentina-vs-west-ham-stats-2022-23-europa-conference-league-final/
    We look back at a brilliant night for West Ham in Europe, with all the key stats & facts from their 2-1 win over Fiorentina. #UECLfinal with the Opta chalkboards. theanalyst.com/eu/2023/06/fi…
    Bobby Moore in 1965 🏆 Declan Rice in 2023 🏆 West Ham captains to lift a major European title. #WHUFC | #UECLfinal
    Bobby Moore in 1965 🏆 #WHUFC | #UECLfinal
    Fiorentina 1-2 West Ham United West Ham have won a major European title for the first time since 1965. What a way to do it, too. Well done @WestHam 🏆 #UECLfinal
    Fiorentina 1-2 West Ham United @WestHam 🏆 #UECLfinal
    RT by @OptaAnalyst: 90 - All three 90th minute winning goals in major European finals have been scored by English teams 1999 Man Utd vs Bayern Munich (Champions League) 2013 Chelsea vs Benfica (Europa League) 2023 West Ham vs Fiorentina (Conference League) Drama.
    90 - All three 90th minute winning goals in major European finals have been scored by English teams 1999 Man Utd vs Bayern Munich (Champions League) 2013 Chelsea vs Benfica (Europa League) 2023 West Ham vs Fiorentina (Conference League) Drama.  ( 1 min )
    RT by @OptaAnalyst: 33 - Fiorentina's Giacomo Bonaventura is the oldest Italian scorer in a major European final (33 years, 289 days) since a 36-year-old Paolo Maldini for AC Milan vs Liverpool in the 2005 Champions League final. Ace.
    33 - Fiorentina's Giacomo Bonaventura is the oldest Italian scorer in a major European final (33 years, 289 days) since a 36-year-old Paolo Maldini for AC Milan vs Liverpool in the 2005 Champions League final. Ace.
    On the six previous occasions that Giacomo Bonaventura has scored for Fiorentina this season across all competitions, his side have gone on to win the game... #UECLfinal https://theanalyst.com/eu/2023/06/fiorentina-vs-west-ham-stats-2022-23-europa-conference-league-final-live/
    On the six previous occasions that Giacomo Bonaventura has scored for Fiorentina this season across all competitions, his side have gone on to win the game... #UECLfinal theanalyst.com/eu/2023/06/fi…
    Saïd Benrahma has now scored six penalties from six attempts in all competitions for the Hammers in 2022-23 - the only Premier League player to have taken as many this season with a 100% success rate is Alexis Mac Allister (also 6/6). #UECLfinal https://theanalyst.com/eu/2023/06/fiorentina-vs-west-ham-stats-2022-23-europa-conference-league-final-live/
    Saïd Benrahma has now scored six penalties from six attempts in all competitions for the Hammers in 2022-23 - the only Premier League player to have taken as many this season with a 100% success rate is Alexis Mac Allister (also 6/6). #UECLfinal theanalyst.com/eu/2023/06/fi…
    Arthur Cabral's on for Fiorentina... https://theanalyst.com/eu/2023/06/fiorentina-vs-west-ham-stats-2022-23-europa-conference-league-final-live/ #UECLfinal
    Arthur Cabral's on for Fiorentina... theanalyst.com/eu/2023/06/fi… #UECLfinal
    It's been a tough opening half an hour for Michail Antonio. He's had 15 touches of the ball so far, but is yet to complete a pass to a teammate. More live stats: https://theanalyst.com/eu/2023/06/fiorentina-vs-west-ham-stats-2022-23-europa-conference-league-final-live/ #UECLfinal
    It's been a tough opening half an hour for Michail Antonio. He's had 15 touches of the ball so far, but is yet to complete a pass to a teammate. theanalyst.com/eu/2023/06/fi… #UECLfinal
    The Opta chalkboards are now live! Head here to do your own analysis during the game (and post-match): https://theanalyst.com/eu/2023/06/fiorentina-vs-west-ham-stats-2022-23-europa-conference-league-final-live/ #UECLfinal
    The Opta chalkboards are now live! theanalyst.com/eu/2023/06/fi… #UECLfinal nitter.net/OptaAnalyst/status/1666504718602911745#m
    How many major European trophies have English clubs won? https://theanalyst.com/eu/2023/06/european-trophies-won-by-english-clubs/
    How many major European trophies have English clubs won? theanalyst.com/eu/2023/06/eu…
    𝐔𝐄𝐂𝐋 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐋𝐈𝐕𝐄: West Ham vs. Fiorentina 📈 We're covering the #UECLFinal live in our match blog, tonight. This includes interactive Opta data chalkboards, so once the game begins (and post-match), you'll be able to do your own analysis from the final.
    𝐔𝐄𝐂𝐋 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐋𝐈𝐕𝐄: West Ham vs. Fiorentina 📈 #UECLFinal live in our match blog, tonight. This includes interactive Opta data chalkboards, so once the game begins (and post-match), you'll be able to do your own analysis from the final.
    RT by @OptaAnalyst: Mined some statistical curiosities ahead of the UCL final for @OptaAnalyst 👇 https://theanalyst.com/eu/2023/06/champions-league-2022-23-stats-trends/
    Mined some statistical curiosities ahead of the UCL final for @OptaAnalyst 👇 theanalyst.com/eu/2023/06/ch…
    Bellingham ▶️ Real Madrid Jude Bellingham looks set to make a huge move to Spain. But what are Real Madrid getting for their money? 💰 https://theanalyst.com/eu/2023/06/jude-bellingham-real-madrid-transfer/
    Bellingham ▶️ Real Madrid theanalyst.com/eu/2023/06/ju…
    RT by @OptaAnalyst: Define "middle of the road" team please, Harry? https://theanalyst.com/eu/2023/06/who-are-the-best-football-team-in-the-world-opta-power-rankings/
    Define "middle of the road" team please, Harry? theanalyst.com/eu/2023/06/wh… nitter.net/footballdaily/status/1666389517211664386#m
    RT by @OptaAnalyst: Fiorentina vs West Ham: UECL Final Preview 🏆 Two teams that have just one major European trophy each in their histories look to double that haul in the UEFA Europa Conference League final. We look ahead to tonight's match. #UECLfinal | #FIOWHU https://theanalyst.com/eu/2023/06/fiorentina-vs-west-ham-prediction-preview-uefa-europa-conference-league-final/
    Fiorentina vs West Ham: UECL Final Preview 🏆 #UECLfinal | #FIOWHU theanalyst.com/eu/2023/06/fi…
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    Snow flies patrolling the frozen mountains of North America in search of mates have developed a unique adaptation to their hostile environment. https://scim.ag/2Vh
    Snow flies patrolling the frozen mountains of North America in search of mates have developed a unique adaptation to their hostile environment. scim.ag/2Vh
    President Joe Biden is asking Congress for $35 million to begin planning a new national laboratory to study the impact of #ClimateChange on disadvantaged communities. https://scim.ag/2Vd
    President Joe Biden is asking Congress for $35 million to begin planning a new national laboratory to study the impact of #ClimateChange on disadvantaged communities. scim.ag/2Vd
    New lab studies suggest #SARSCoV2 causes brain cells to stick together, but more research is needed to determine the overall significance. https://scim.ag/2V8
    New lab studies suggest #SARSCoV2 causes brain cells to stick together, but more research is needed to determine the overall significance. scim.ag/2V8
    By systematically citing other papers published by Saveetha faculty—including papers on completely unrelated topics—the undergraduate publications have helped dramatically inflate the number of citations linked to Saveetha Dental College. https://scim.ag/2V4
    By systematically citing other papers published by Saveetha faculty—including papers on completely unrelated topics—the undergraduate publications have helped dramatically inflate the number of citations linked to Saveetha Dental College. scim.ag/2V4
    Replacing worn-out batteries in animal tracking devices can be a time-consuming, expensive duty for wildlife scientists. It’s stressful for the animals, too.  Now, researchers have invented a tracker powered by the animals’ own movement. https://scim.ag/2UY
    Replacing worn-out batteries in animal tracking devices can be a time-consuming, expensive duty for wildlife scientists. It’s stressful for the animals, too.  scim.ag/2UY
    Comb jellies may have descended from the "sister to all other animals." https://scim.ag/2UT
    Comb jellies may have descended from the "sister to all other animals." scim.ag/2UT
    Ancient life forms may have left traces of oily molecules in rocks more than 1 billion years ago, providing new insights into the evolution of cholesterol. https://scim.ag/2UQ
    Ancient life forms may have left traces of oily molecules in rocks more than 1 billion years ago, providing new insights into the evolution of cholesterol. scim.ag/2UQ
    Brazil’s Supreme Court is expected to issue a ruling this week that could determine the fate of controversial legislation that conservationists fear will undermine efforts to protect the nation’s forests. https://scim.ag/2UL
    Brazil’s Supreme Court is expected to issue a ruling this week that could determine the fate of controversial legislation that conservationists fear will undermine efforts to protect the nation’s forests. scim.ag/2UL
    After 20 years in prison for murder and manslaughter, Kathleen Folbigg is enjoying freedom again thanks to scientists who gathered evidence that the deaths of her four children likely stemmed from natural causes. https://scim.ag/2UH
    After 20 years in prison for murder and manslaughter, Kathleen Folbigg is enjoying freedom again thanks to scientists who gathered evidence that the deaths of her four children likely stemmed from natural causes. scim.ag/2UH
    The EPA will require evidence that introduced traits don’t increase health risks before exempting genetically modified plants from regulation. https://scim.ag/2UD
    The EPA will require evidence that introduced traits don’t increase health risks before exempting genetically modified plants from regulation. scim.ag/2UD
    President Joe Biden intends to name Mandy Cohen, a physician and public health expert with broad government experience, to lead the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. https://scim.ag/2UB
    President Joe Biden intends to name Mandy Cohen, a physician and public health expert with broad government experience, to lead the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. scim.ag/2UB
    The use of highly enriched uranium in a small test reactor would contravene the U.S. policy of removing the fuel from civilian reactors around the world to keep it from being made into bombs. https://scim.ag/2Uz
    The use of highly enriched uranium in a small test reactor would contravene the U.S. policy of removing the fuel from civilian reactors around the world to keep it from being made into bombs. scim.ag/2Uz
    Researchers around the globe are now trying to revive antibody treatments to treat #COVID19 by redesigning them to take aim at targets that are less prone to mutation. https://scim.ag/2Uy
    Researchers around the globe are now trying to revive antibody treatments to treat #COVID19 by redesigning them to take aim at targets that are less prone to mutation. scim.ag/2Uy
    It sounds like a movie plot, but it’s the strange-but-true story of the marbled crayfish, whose unusual evolution may suggest a strategy for tackling cancer. #ScienceMagArchives https://scim.ag/2Uw
    It sounds like a movie plot, but it’s the strange-but-true story of the marbled crayfish, whose unusual evolution may suggest a strategy for tackling cancer. #ScienceMagArchives scim.ag/2Uw
    Although many researchers and powerful Kansas politicians have supported the project, some scientists, residents, and farm groups have voiced concerns about handling pathogens dangerous to livestock and humans in the nation’s agricultural heartland. https://scim.ag/2Uu
    Although many researchers and powerful Kansas politicians have supported the project, some scientists, residents, and farm groups have voiced concerns about handling pathogens dangerous to livestock and humans in the nation’s agricultural heartland. scim.ag/2Uu
    The NIH says it has brought more than 200 tardy investigators into compliance since July 2022. https://scim.ag/2Ut
    The NIH says it has brought more than 200 tardy investigators into compliance since July 2022. scim.ag/2Ut
    A wireless device, attached to a bee’s back, accurately tracked the insect’s location in flight and may one day allow physicians to remotely track medical devices inside patients. https://scim.ag/2Ur
    A wireless device, attached to a bee’s back, accurately tracked the insect’s location in flight and may one day allow physicians to remotely track medical devices inside patients. scim.ag/2Ur
    Since first evolving 350 million years ago, the tongue has taken myriad forms, unlocking new niches and boosting the diversity of life. Learn more: https://scim.ag/2Up @ScienceVisuals
    Since first evolving 350 million years ago, the tongue has taken myriad forms, unlocking new niches and boosting the diversity of life. scim.ag/2Up @ScienceVisuals
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    I Asked Chat-GPT To Re-Write My Book
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    Urinary tract infections (UTIs) reoccur easily, in part, because resident memory T (TRM) cells are slow to establish immune memory, finds a new @SciImmunology study in mice. https://scim.ag/2Vg
    Urinary tract infections (UTIs) reoccur easily, in part, because resident memory T (TRM) cells are slow to establish immune memory, finds a new @SciImmunology study in mice. scim.ag/2Vg
    A recent Science study considers the wide-ranging effects that transposable elements impose on the genomic architecture of placental mammals. https://scim.ag/2Vc #Zoonomia
    A recent Science study considers the wide-ranging effects that transposable elements impose on the genomic architecture of placental mammals. scim.ag/2Vc #Zoonomia
    RT by @ScienceMagazine: This week's new issue of #ScienceTranslationalMedicine is here!  A preclinical study explores why dengue infections can worsen future Zika infections, a small molecule smooths skin toxicities from chemotherapy, and more. https://scim.ag/2V7
    This week's new issue of #ScienceTranslationalMedicine is here!  scim.ag/2V7
    The #liver has an uncanny ability to repair and regenerate itself, and new research in mice suggests that the suppression of #cholesterol synthesis by the protein UHRF2 could be important for the process. @SciSignal https://scim.ag/2V3
    The #liver has an uncanny ability to repair and regenerate itself, and new research in mice suggests that the suppression of #cholesterol synthesis by the protein UHRF2 could be important for the process. @SciSignal scim.ag/2V3
    RT by @ScienceMagazine: To understand how the pancreatic tumor microenvironment contributes to disease progression, researchers have developed an experimental model allowing for direct, microscopic visualization of human pancreatic tumors. Learn more in this week’s issue: https://scim.ag/2V1
    To understand how the pancreatic tumor microenvironment contributes to disease progression, researchers have developed an experimental model allowing for direct, microscopic visualization of human pancreatic tumors. scim.ag/2V1
    “I'm constantly learning how to exist in this world as my true self.” #PrideMonth @ScienceCareers https://scim.ag/2US
    “I'm constantly learning how to exist in this world as my true self.” #PrideMonth @ScienceCareers scim.ag/2US
    Using a lentivirus to facilitate expression of an immune receptor antagonist into transplantable hematopoietic stem cells, researchers demonstrate a process that can ameliorate several IL-1-based autoimmune disorders in mice. https://scim.ag/2UN @ScienceTM
    Using a lentivirus to facilitate expression of an immune receptor antagonist into transplantable hematopoietic stem cells, researchers demonstrate a process that can ameliorate several IL-1-based autoimmune disorders in mice. scim.ag/2UN @ScienceTM
    New in Science: MRI data from more than 40,000 UK Biobank participants reveals the intertwined nature of heart and brain health in humans. The results could help identify new potential therapeutic targets. https://scim.ag/2UK
    New in Science: MRI data from more than 40,000 UK Biobank participants reveals the intertwined nature of heart and brain health in humans. scim.ag/2UK
    The evolution of the nervous system may have followed multiple paths and risen independently in two early lineages of animals, found a recent Science study in comb jellies. The results offer a new perspective on neuronal networks and neurotransmission. https://scim.ag/2UC
    The evolution of the nervous system may have followed multiple paths and risen independently in two early lineages of animals, found a recent Science study in comb jellies. scim.ag/2UC
    🐙 Indigenous narratives inform an ecologist’s ode to the octopus 🔢 Exploring the arms race between codemakers and codebreakers ❄️ A soul-searching account of a voyage to Antarctica Check out the 2023 summer reading list from @SciMagBooks: https://scim.ag/2UA
    🐙 Indigenous narratives inform an ecologist’s ode to the octopus @SciMagBooks: scim.ag/2UA
    Native Americans who lived in present-day central Alaska during the last ice age may have started freshwater fishing by around 13,000 years ago, suggests a new analysis in @ScienceAdvances. https://scim.ag/2Ux
    Native Americans who lived in present-day central Alaska during the last ice age may have started freshwater fishing by around 13,000 years ago, suggests a new analysis in @ScienceAdvances. scim.ag/2Ux
    In Science, researchers present a new method for achieving autonomous realignment and self-healing in multilayered soft electronic devices and robots. Learn more: https://scim.ag/2Uv
    In Science, researchers present a new method for achieving autonomous realignment and self-healing in multilayered soft electronic devices and robots. scim.ag/2Uv
    New in @ScienceTM: By analyzing the molecular landscape of bladder cancers in 327 patients, researchers have now identified three unique subtypes of tumors that show predictable responses to immunotherapy with the bacterium Bacillus Calmette-Guérin. https://scim.ag/2Us
    New in @ScienceTM: By analyzing the molecular landscape of bladder cancers in 327 patients, researchers have now identified three unique subtypes of tumors that show predictable responses to immunotherapy with the bacterium Bacillus Calmette-Guérin. scim.ag/2Us
    On the latest #SciencePodcast🎙️, @mhc205 talks with @RoopeKaaronen about how and why cultures use body-based measurements, such as arm lengths and hand spans. 🎧 Listen to this segment and more: https://scim.ag/2Uq
    On the latest #SciencePodcast🎙️, @mhc205 talks with @RoopeKaaronen about how and why cultures use body-based measurements, such as arm lengths and hand spans. scim.ag/2Uq
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    Silver Sands Cafe in Nashville, Tennessee
    For more than 70 years, regulars have been lining up here five days a week from morning until the tail-end of lunchtime for the classic meat-and-three. Sophia Vaughn, the third woman in her family to run the place, makes everything from scratch daily. Offerings vary depending on the day of the week, but always consist of soul food classics, made with immense care.  By her own account, Vaughn wakes up at 2 a.m. and starts cooking an hour later in order to have everything ready for the first breakfast customers. Silver Sands Cafe has weathered more than its share over the years, including a tornado in March 2020 that threatened to put it out of business right as the COVID-19 pandemic ramped up. An outpouring of support from the local community helped keep the restaurant afloat. While part of that loyalty is due to Vaughn, who calls customers her “babies” and knows many by name, much of it is simply because the food is phenomenal. Chitterlings, neck bones, pig’s feet, and other slow-braised cuts are front and center here, along with pork chops, fried catfish, and other rib-sticking fare. The oxtails are tender enough to yield to the gentlest tap of a plastic fork and come swimming in a deeply savory, collagen-rich gravy.  Don’t sleep on any of the sides, from the collards speckled with generous shards of ham hock to the slightly sticky, impeccably cooked okra to the mac n’ cheese, which has just the right kick of sharp cheddar. After you’ve crafted a plate with a main meat with two sides, they'll ask if you want “hot water” or “flat,” which refers to two different types of cornbread—the former is a torpedo-shaped, skillet-fried cornmeal dumpling; the latter is an oven-baked buttermilk cornbread. Pay at the front to receive your parcel of treasure, then grab a booth and obliterate it.  ( 14 min )
    Anandashram Sanstha in Pune, India
    Appa Balwant Chowk is an iconic bustling square in the center of Pune, known particularly for its bookstores. Near the square, along Bajirao Road, is an old, yellow heritage building with a tiled roof. Above the large gate, there is a board that says: Anandashram Sanstha. Anand Ashram or Anandashram Sanstha (Sanstha means Organization) was established in 1888 by Mr. Mahadev Chimanaji Apte, who was a prominent advocate during that time. The purpose of starting this organization was for the conservation and encouragement of Sanskrit language and the preservation of Sanskrit texts and manuscripts, along with making historically valuable Sanskrit works available to future scholars and researchers. When visitors step inside through the large gate, one enters a well-maintained courtyard. In …  ( 13 min )
    U.S. Mailboat Sophie C in Meredith, New Hampshire
    The M/V Sophie C. makes its waterfront deliveries to the residents of New Hampshire's Lake Winnipesaukee every mail season since 1892, which only lasts from June to September. The seasonal homes across the eight islands are typically starting to close after Labor Day, so the mailboat doesn't have to worry about issues with lake ice. The mail boat first launched in 1945, and was named after the owner of the Winnipesaukee Flagship Corporation's mother. In 1969, the Sophie C took over the seasonal postal route charged with delivering mail to residents on the western side of Winnipesaukee.  The Sophie C. stops at Weirs Beach twice a day for passengers and cargo. On the boat, you can purchase historically authentic postage stamps, depicting the vessels. Bear Island has its own outpost on a channel, where the mailboat can be spotted and traditionally waved to as it passes through. The big sibling vessel to the Sophie C, the well-known Mount Washington Ferry, was used in 1945 by the U.S. Navy in World War II. The Boston Ship amd Engine Works built the Sophie C to temporarily fulfill the need for a ferry service, then adopted the permanent mail route when the Mount Washington returned from its military application.  ( 13 min )
    How to See Venus and Mars in the Summer Sky
    Atlas Obscura’s Wondersky columnist Rebecca Boyle is an award-winning science journalist and author of the upcoming Our Moon: How Earth’s Celestial Companion Transformed the Planet, Guided Evolution, and Made Us Who We Are (January 2024, Random House). Throughout the summer, she’ll be sharing the stories and secrets of our wondrous night sky. Some people speak of the night as the time when the stars come out. But they are always out. We are always surrounded by them and among them, even though the star closest to us, the sun, outshines them. I prefer to think of the night as the time when the sun lets its fellow stars have their turn. Half of the precious time we have on this planet is during the night. But much of our allotment of starlight is drowned out either by the sun or by the…  ( 18 min )
    'Where Independence Begins' Mural in Fort Worth, Texas
    Tucked away on a quiet side street in Fort Worth Texas lies an incredible 200-foot, brightly colored mural. Upon closer inspection, the mural incorporates various mediums to convey the artwork to a group of people that often are unable to partake in art appreciation, the visually impaired. The mural resides on the side of Lighthouse for the Blind of Fort Worth, whose mission is to empower individuals who are blind and visually impaired to live their highest level of independence. Auditory devices (usually found at crosswalks) provide audio descriptions, railings include Braille, high-contrast colors, a miniature 3-D model of the entire mural to allow individuals to take in the whole wall at once, and a website accessible by QR code that provides detailed descriptions.  ( 12 min )
    How the California Condor Comeback Was Hatched
    Excerpted with permission from Nursery Earth: The Wondrous Lives of Baby Animals and the Extraordinary Ways They Shape Our World, by Danna Staaf, published June 2023 by The Experiment. All rights reserved. Humans have been raising the young of other animals since long before recorded history. We’ve raised them for food, for friends, and for fun. These days, we’re raising a greater diversity of species, and for a greater diversity of reasons, than ever before. In large part, this diversification is motivated by a better understanding of our impacts on, and interdependence with, all the ecosystems of our planet. Realizing that we’ve already driven many species to extinction, we design captive breeding programs to try to save the endangered ones. Finding that industrialized farming of m…  ( 25 min )
    Reagan Peace Garden in Eureka, Illinois
    Perhaps one of the last things a visitor might expect to encounter in Eureka, Illinois — a small town of about 5,000 between Peoria and Bloomington — is a four-foot by five foot, 2,200-pound chunk of the Berlin Wall. And yet there it is, a focal point in the Reagan Peace Garden on the campus of Eureka College. Along with a bronze bust of Ronald Reagan, 40th President of the United States, the worn gray slab of concrete and rebar commemorates Reagan’s historic commencement address on campus on May 9, 1982, the 50th anniversary of his own graduation from the school. It also recalls Reagan’s 1987 exhortation to Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev to “tear down this wall.” The 33-inch bust by renowned sculptor Lonnie Stewart sits on a pedestal with quotes from Reagan's 1982 speech, including: “Peace is not the absence of conflict, but the ability to cope with conflict by peaceful means.” The garden was donated by former Eureka College board chairman David Vaughan and his wife, Anne Vaughan, in 2000.  ( 12 min )
    Podcast: Frozen Dead Guy
    Listen and subscribe on Stitcher, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all major podcast apps. In this episode of The Atlas Obscura Podcast, we visit a mountaintop near a picturesque Colorado town, where you'll find the frozen corpse of a Norwegian grandpa. We get the tale of how this came to be from the person who for years has trekked up and down the mountain for this unique preservation mission. Our podcast is an audio guide to the world’s wondrous, awe-inspiring, strange places. In under 15 minutes, we’ll take you to an incredible site, and along the way you’ll meet some fascinating people and hear their stories. Join us daily, Monday through Thursday, to explore a new wonder with cofounder Dylan Thuras and a neighborhood of Atlas Obscura reporters.  ( 13 min )
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    R to @gelliottmorris: the margin of error might even be bigger as for some reason the GSS is telling me the sample size for men ages 18-34 in 2022 was -8,750 people (yes, negative)
    the margin of error might even be bigger as for some reason the GSS is telling me the sample size for men ages 18-34 in 2022 was -8,750 people (yes, negative)
    i’m on my phone so excuse the chart quality, but here is that graph of conservative self-ID among young men but adding lines for liberals and moderates for context. margin of error here for each line is close to 10 points https://gssdataexplorer.norc.org/analysis_summary_export
    i’m on my phone so excuse the chart quality, but here is that graph of conservative self-ID among young men but adding lines for liberals and moderates for context. gssdataexplorer.norc.org/ana… nitter.net/kdrum/status/1666524028188909568#m
    my prior is that the Doug Burgum campaign does not have the legs to make it, but the announcement is certainly refreshing as far as GOP primary videos go. there is definitely a constituency for this… though i’m doubtful that it’s big enough to beat Trump
    my prior is that the Doug Burgum campaign does not have the legs to make it, but the announcement is certainly refreshing as far as GOP primary videos go. there is definitely a constituency for this… though i’m doubtful that it’s big enough to beat Trump nitter.net/williamjordann/status/1666461453128196097#m  ( 1 min )
    R to @gelliottmorris: as i expected…
    as i expected… nitter.net/n_stenhou/status/1666264142850805761#m
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    Researchers calculated that high-emitting countries, including the U.S., should pay $192 trillion in compensation to low-emitting nations https://trib.al/IxsnUJU
    Researchers calculated that high-emitting countries, including the U.S., should pay $192 trillion in compensation to low-emitting nations trib.al/IxsnUJU  ( 1 min )
    The terror bird was, well, clucking terrifying. Meet these "murder birds" on Science, Quickly’s mini-series on monster birds with host 🎙️ @flichtman. 🎧 Listen on @spotifypodcasts 🔗 https://bit.ly/3J3t0mR
    The terror bird was, well, clucking terrifying. @flichtman. @spotifypodcasts 🔗 bit.ly/3J3t0mR
    Neutrinos are bizarre and ubiquitous and may just break the rules of physics https://trib.al/K5myKRT
    Neutrinos are bizarre and ubiquitous and may just break the rules of physics trib.al/K5myKRT
    RT by @sciam: The bad news: Looks outside the window at the orange skies over NYC. The good news: The smoke should probably be less of an issue the rest of the summer. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-long-will-wildfire-smoke-last-and-where-will-it-spread/
    The bad news: Looks outside the window at the orange skies over NYC. The good news: The smoke should probably be less of an issue the rest of the summer. scientificamerican.com/artic…
    Indigenous groups are developing data storage technology that gives users privacy and control. Could their work influence those fighting back against invasive apps? https://trib.al/ewC6xJc
    Indigenous groups are developing data storage technology that gives users privacy and control. Could their work influence those fighting back against invasive apps? trib.al/ewC6xJc
    Smoke from record-setting wildfires in Canada has blanketed parts of the eastern U.S., but shifting summer weather patterns should bring relief https://trib.al/SHnaSeu
    Smoke from record-setting wildfires in Canada has blanketed parts of the eastern U.S., but shifting summer weather patterns should bring relief trib.al/SHnaSeu  ( 1 min )
    RT by @sciam: Unhealthy wildfire smoke from the west is blanketing eastern cities today. How long will it stay, and where will it go next? @AndreaTWeather tells you, now at @sciam. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-long-will-wildfire-smoke-last-and-where-will-it-spread/
    Unhealthy wildfire smoke from the west is blanketing eastern cities today. How long will it stay, and where will it go next? @AndreaTWeather tells you, now at @sciam. scientificamerican.com/artic…
    Researchers hope their work on racial health disparities will be a “call to action” https://trib.al/AbL2Sdf
    Researchers hope their work on racial health disparities will be a “call to action” trib.al/AbL2Sdf
    Extensive measures are taken to ensure water quality in public systems. Why not do the same for air? Read this 2022 piece on improving indoor air quality. https://trib.al/CSNjHXk
    Extensive measures are taken to ensure water quality in public systems. Why not do the same for air? trib.al/CSNjHXk
    Intense Canadian wildfires are sending smoke down to the U.S. This 2020 feature highlights an aerial campaign to understand the impacts of smoke exposure on human health. https://trib.al/3hcbCrw
    Intense Canadian wildfires are sending smoke down to the U.S. This 2020 feature highlights an aerial campaign to understand the impacts of smoke exposure on human health. trib.al/3hcbCrw
    The COVID pandemic put mRNA technology, long in development, to the test. Here's a look at how it might fight cancer and when it might reach patients https://trib.al/qTibMdJ
    The COVID pandemic put mRNA technology, long in development, to the test. Here's a look at how it might fight cancer and when it might reach patients trib.al/qTibMdJ  ( 1 min )
    Officially, these prehistoric birds are the dromornithids, but everyone who studies them calls them thunderbirds--and for good reason. https://trib.al/xF6hvS3
    Officially, these prehistoric birds are the dromornithids, but everyone who studies them calls them thunderbirds--and for good reason. trib.al/xF6hvS3
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    Are you a postdoc working in academia or industry? Share your career experiences with Nature https://go.nature.com/3qtFPAC
    Are you a postdoc working in academia or industry? Share your career experiences with Nature go.nature.com/3qtFPAC
    Futures sci-fi short story: Don’t feed the physicists https://go.nature.com/3oPrVrQ
    Futures sci-fi short story: Don’t feed the physicists go.nature.com/3oPrVrQ
    LGBTQIA+ Scientists mark the start of Pride Month by describing how colleagues and collaborators can better support them in lab and fieldwork settings. https://go.nature.com/3X19r4n
    LGBTQIA+ Scientists mark the start of Pride Month by describing how colleagues and collaborators can better support them in lab and fieldwork settings. go.nature.com/3X19r4n
    The Arctic Ocean will lose all summer sea ice in the coming decades, even if humans drastically cut carbon emissions. https://go.nature.com/3MTgCXJ
    The Arctic Ocean will lose all summer sea ice in the coming decades, even if humans drastically cut carbon emissions. go.nature.com/3MTgCXJ
    Editorial: Why Nature will not allow the use of generative AI in images and video https://go.nature.com/42sFnj9
    Editorial: Why Nature will not allow the use of generative AI in images and video go.nature.com/42sFnj9
    Humility, accountability and collectivity: "Everything we do — who we hire, who we collaborate with and how we take out the trash — we do with three values in mind," explains environmental scientist Max Liboiron. https://go.nature.com/3WRieG1
    Humility, accountability and collectivity: "Everything we do — who we hire, who we collaborate with and how we take out the trash — we do with three values in mind," explains environmental scientist Max Liboiron. go.nature.com/3WRieG1
    R to @Nature: Get this Briefing free in your inbox 📩 sign up at: https://www.nature.com/briefing/signup/?utm_source=twt_nnc&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=briefingthread
    Get this Briefing free in your inbox 📩 sign up at: nature.com/briefing/signup/?…
    R to @Nature: Today, we're celebrating the winners of the @WHO’s Health for All Film Festival. The filmmakers tackle complex subjects with impressive tact and creativity.
    Today, we're celebrating the winners of the @WHO’s Health for All Film Festival. The filmmakers tackle complex subjects with impressive tact and creativity. nitter.net/WHO/status/1666111890018258944#m
    R to @Nature: When a meteorite crashed into a New Jersey bedroom, "it was warm,” says the woman who found it. (via @sciam)
    When a meteorite crashed into a New Jersey bedroom, "it was warm,” says the woman who found it. (via @sciam)
    R to @Nature: The lasers that form part of the Very Large Telescope make sodium atoms in the atmosphere glow like artificial stars, allowing the telescope to correct for atmospheric distortion of the light from real stars. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-01876-3?utm_source=twt_nnc&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=briefingthread
    The lasers that form part of the Very Large Telescope make sodium atoms in the atmosphere glow like artificial stars, allowing the telescope to correct for atmospheric distortion of the light from real stars. nature.com/articles/d41586-0…
    R to @Nature: Runner-up Miles Lizak’s 'Scientific enlightenment in the Stupid Questions Office' highlights the benefits of asking brave questions rather than claiming to know all the answers. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-01856-7?utm_source=twt_nnc&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=briefingthread
    Runner-up Miles Lizak’s 'Scientific enlightenment in the Stupid Questions Office' highlights the benefits of asking brave questions rather than claiming to know all the answers. nature.com/articles/d41586-0…
    R to @Nature: In runner-up Evandro Ferrada’s 'The Eclosion Event', science and a research culture are transformed by limitless energy. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-01854-9?utm_source=twt_nnc&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=briefingthread
    In runner-up Evandro Ferrada’s 'The Eclosion Event', science and a research culture are transformed by limitless energy. nature.com/articles/d41586-0…
    R to @Nature: Read the winning story by Katherine Ember: "Golden sunlight, no jacket, a gentle breeze. A fragment of human face in my bag.... Mornings like this are the reason I won’t be retiring any time soon." https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-01855-8?utm_source=twt_nnc&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=briefingthread
    Read the winning story by Katherine Ember: "Golden sunlight, no jacket, a gentle breeze. A fragment of human face in my bag.... Mornings like this are the reason I won’t be retiring any time soon." nature.com/articles/d41586-0…
    R to @Nature: In her book 'The Autumn Ghost', @wunschcritcare provides a detailed history of polio and its vaccines, iron lungs and the rise of anaesthesiology — a story that has rich parallels to the COVID-19 pandemic, writes reviewer @EricTopol. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-01830-3?utm_source=twt_nnc&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=briefingthread
    In her book 'The Autumn Ghost', @wunschcritcare provides a detailed history of polio and its vaccines, iron lungs and the rise of anaesthesiology — a story that has rich parallels to the COVID-19 pandemic, writes reviewer @EricTopol. nature.com/articles/d41586-0…
    R to @Nature: Some have welcomed the plan as a much-needed incentive to conduct research in a country where most academics are focused on teaching. Critics argue that it rewards established researchers rather than encouraging those at earlier career stages. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-01729-z?utm_source=twt_nnc&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=briefingthread
    Some have welcomed the plan as a much-needed incentive to conduct research in a country where most academics are focused on teaching. Critics argue that it rewards established researchers rather than encouraging those at earlier career stages. nature.com/articles/d41586-0…
    R to @Nature: The idea that there’s a connection between dementia and some viruses — such as the varicella zoster virus, which causes shingles — is controversial. But a preprint study offers tantalizing hints that shingles vaccination might cut the risk of dementia. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-01824-1?utm_source=twt_nnc&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=briefingthread
    The idea that there’s a connection between dementia and some viruses — such as the varicella zoster virus, which causes shingles — is controversial. But a preprint study offers tantalizing hints that shingles vaccination might cut the risk of dementia. nature.com/articles/d41586-0…
    R to @Nature: “The fear is that this virus will produce a new variant that can compete with the current ones and is more severe”, says @AliHMokdad. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-01872-7?utm_source=twt_nnc&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=briefingthread
    “The fear is that this virus will produce a new variant that can compete with the current ones and is more severe”, says @AliHMokdad. nature.com/articles/d41586-0…
    R to @Nature: An innovative science advisory panel has been instrumental in securing the release of Kathleen Folbigg, who spent 20 years in jail in Australia for killing her four infant children. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-01871-8?utm_source=twt_nnc&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=briefingthread
    An innovative science advisory panel has been instrumental in securing the release of Kathleen Folbigg, who spent 20 years in jail in Australia for killing her four infant children. nature.com/articles/d41586-0…
    R to @Nature: With the death of six cheetahs in eight months, the long-term viability of a transcontinental cheetah conservation programme is in question. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-01861-w?utm_source=twt_nnc&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=briefingthread
    With the death of six cheetahs in eight months, the long-term viability of a transcontinental cheetah conservation programme is in question. nature.com/articles/d41586-0…
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    We’re continuing to add great features to Bard.
    We’re continuing to add great features to Bard. nitter.net/JackK/status/1666484702382002176#m
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    North Dakota governor emerges as latest GOP candidate for presidency
    Plus: Canadian wildfires contributing to poor air quality in Minnesota; Keith Ellison suing Reynolds, Walmart over waste bags; Minnesota's new labor laws gain national praise; and more.  ( 7 min )
    Supreme Court decision on Minnesota forfeiture law may result in flood of lawsuits
    Several attorneys in Minnesota are seeking to file a class action suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota on behalf of homeowners who say their property was unfairly seized.  ( 17 min )
    As they begin their terms, members of Minneapolis’ new police oversight commission stress community input
    MinnPost talked to some of the newly appointed commissioners, who say they recognize the body won’t immediately solve issues of lack of trust, transparency and accountability in law enforcement. But they say they aim to get the ball rolling on remedying those problems.  ( 19 min )
    See which Minnesota cities and counties won permission to put sales tax increases on the ballot
    Despite lawmakers’ misgivings about the “inequities” of sales taxes, three-dozen cities and counties won permission to go ahead with proposals that would fund building projects.  ( 20 min )
    Our legislators took the lead for transit, now it’s the MET Council’s turn
    Because of infrequent bus and train schedules a 20-minute car trip can take an hour and a half on transit.  ( 13 min )
    Clean water permit revoked for NorthMet copper-nickel mine in a win for Fond du Lac Band
    Plus: $50 million going to descendants of slaves in Upper Midwest; new delivery fee irking Minnesota businesses; the cost to remove 'forever chemicals' from wastewater; and more.  ( 9 min )
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    When Is a Token Not a Security?
    Also Instagram’s paperclip maximizer.  ( 2 min )
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    The Dutch government wants to automatically and administratively gain permission to target victims of hackers
    This is a mirror of the original about:intel post, since the about:intel server is sadly overloaded. The Dutch government is proposing adding a lex specialis to its existing intelligence and security services act. This addition significantly changes the scope of many powers and also extends who they can be applied to. A draft of an English summary of this proposed law can be found here. A far longer summary in Dutch is here.  ( 4 min )
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    My new iPad Pro
    I am very glad I bought one of these, and not only because my older iPad started to lose charge too quickly (after many years).  The new device has for me three special and somewhat idiosyncratic benefits: 1. I don’t type very well on smaller devices such as smartphones. 2. On a very small screen, […] The post My new iPad Pro appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments In reply to Ham. Matte screen protector? by LivelyClock In reply to dearieme. 1. When I’m on my computer or phone, ... by Alastair In reply to Ham. I use a kindle for this reason. They are ... by anonprof In reply to (Not That) Bill O'Reilly. Even someone who ... by You got a problem with reading comprehension and/or logic In reply to Eric. I need a terminal window so I can move ... by AnthonyB Plus 10 more... Related Stories Marc Andreessen on AI safety and AI for the world Apple Vision Pro is receiving strong reviews Evidence from Italy’s ChatGPT Ban  ( 6 min )
    Wednesday assorted links
    1. The influence of Mexico in Kenya (NYT). 2. Kevin Erdmann research roundup housing stuff. 3. Brian Chau argues for diminishing returns in machine learning.  And Rohit Krishnan with AI solutions. 4. Terence Tao on convergence and “spotting deals.” 5. How likely are IIT graduates to migrate? The post Wednesday assorted links appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments In reply to dan1111. There seems to be – from my ... by Neurotic In reply to rsm. From a practical point of view, the huge ... by Kevin Erdmann #2 says: 《Inadequate supply (even “luxury” supply) ... by rsm In reply to Dismalist. How wide a margin of error does that ... by rsm In reply to Anti-Gnostic. The Venn Diagram of people who read ... by Kevin Erdmann Plus 10 more...  ( 6 min )
    The Poop Detective
    Wastewater surveillance is one of the few tools that we can use to prepare for a pandemic and I am pleased that it is expanding rapidly in the US and around the world. Every major sewage plant in the world should be doing wasterwater surveillance and presenting the results to the world on a dashboard. […] The post The Poop Detective appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments In reply to MB. Just poop randomly in different public ... by Regular Joe In reply to Mark Bahner. I always knew it would happen,just ... by MB In reply to Mark Bahner. Eliminating–or probably just ... by Mark Bahner In reply to Rahul. From Durham NC (note the hilarious false ... by Mark Bahner In reply to Tom T.. I get what you're saying, but after the ... by Mark Bahner Plus 10 more... Related Stories How the Russian Revolution boosted Marx’s influence Why I am not entirely bullish on brain-computer interface Ian Dunt on how Westminster works, or doesn’t  ( 7 min )
    Effects of the Minimum Wage on the Nonprofit Sector
    Too much of this literature emphasizes restaurants, here is another relevant sector: The nonprofit sector’s ability to absorb increases in labor costs differs from the private sector in a number of ways. We analyze how nonprofits are affected by changes in the minimum wage utilizing data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Internal […] The post Effects of the Minimum Wage on the Nonprofit Sector appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments Harder to pass cost increases onto donors than customers. Your ... by Joe7 In reply to Chuck Kotlarz. Chinese businesses are winning ... by Formerly K This report is consistent with earlier findings: large, abrupt ... by kevin In reply to blue jay. This may appear to be partisan hackery, ... by Glenn In reply to Formerly K. How much can marginal business help ... by Chuck Kotlarz Plus 10 more... Related Stories Paul Krugman on AI The Growing Market for Cancer Drugs Population Dynamics and Economic Inequality  ( 6 min )
    Ian Dunt on how Westminster works, or doesn’t
    I enjoyed his new book How Westminster Works…And Why It Doesn’t. Here is one short excerpt: The continued use of Downing Street is an act of pathological national sentimentality, the product of a country that has come to value tradition over function and its past over its future. Various attempts have been made to reform […] The post Ian Dunt on how Westminster works, or doesn’t appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments In reply to Dino the Isaurian. M: Ehh, England and hence ... by Sure All democracies are different. I for one am glad we have a ... by inacaféonspiridonovka In reply to Stephen. I'm yet to be convinced that other ... by LivelyClock In reply to M. I mean perhaps they would've, but we're ... by M In reply to Dino the Isaurian. @John; Dino tends to have ... by M Plus 10 more... Related Stories Orwell Against Progress What should I ask Ada Palmer? Sam Bowman on French success  ( 7 min )
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    RT by @tetraduzione: 🔥 NEW PODCAST EPISODE: @predibase CEO, @w4nderlus7 and @FeatureformML CEO @simba_khadder discuss all things declarative ML, #LLMs, and even the amazing crab 🦀! Check it out here: https://bit.ly/3IYTxSj #MLOps #DeclarativeML
    🔥 NEW PODCAST EPISODE: @predibase CEO, @w4nderlus7 and @FeatureformML CEO @simba_khadder discuss all things declarative ML, #LLMs, and even the amazing crab 🦀! bit.ly/3IYTxSj #MLOps #DeclarativeML
    RT by @tetraduzione: Today, I’m excited to introduce @DeepMind's AlphaDev, published in @Nature. It discovered faster sorting and hashing algorithms which have been released in standard open source libraries. But how does AlphaDev works? 🧵 http://dpmd.ai/3MMdUmE
    Today, I’m excited to introduce @DeepMind's AlphaDev, published in @Nature. It discovered faster sorting and hashing algorithms which have been released in standard open source libraries. But how does AlphaDev works? 🧵 dpmd.ai/3MMdUmE
    RT by @tetraduzione: We updated the manuscript to incorporate the reviewer comments and made our code public. Arxiv: http://arxiv.org/abs/2301.11355 GH: https://github.com/noegroup/rigid-flows See thread below for details 👇 #ICML2023 #MachineLearning
    We updated the manuscript to incorporate the reviewer comments and made our code public. arxiv.org/abs/2301.11355 github.com/noegroup/rigid-fl… #ICML2023 #MachineLearning nitter.net/jonkhler/status/1650781637934809089#m
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    reminder to look into who funds the research you come across just as much as you do the sources they cite
    reminder to look into who funds the research you come across just as much as you do the sources they cite
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    Simone Inzaghi is fairly unusual as (a) a former striker coaching at a high level & (b) a coach who almost always uses two strikers. Here's a look at the relationship between those two things, and how opponents often struggle to deal with his front two. https://theathletic.com/4585738/2023/06/07/inter-champions-league-final-strikers/
    Simone Inzaghi is fairly unusual as (a) a former striker coaching at a high level & (b) a coach who almost always uses two strikers. Here's a look at the relationship between those two things, and how opponents often struggle to deal with his front two. theathletic.com/4585738/2023…
    Points won by the side who finished 18th this season. Ligue 1: 26. Serie A: 31. Premier League: 34. La Liga: 40. A huge range.
    Points won by the side who finished 18th this season. Ligue 1: 26. Serie A: 31. Premier League: 34. La Liga: 40. A huge range.
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    The 10 Most Underrated Crime Movies From The 1990s
    Today, with hindsight, critics recognise the 1990s as a belle époque in cinema history. The talent that this decade gave stage to was astonishing, especially in the form of the crime genre. Audiences were assured to see at least one defining crime classic every single year of the decade. As a sequel to the previous […]  ( 9 min )
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    RT by @SingularMattrix: 🌟Announcing "Lineax" - our newest #JAX library! For fast linear solves and least squares. GitHub: https://github.com/google/lineax * Fast compile time * Fast runtime * Efficient new algorithms (e.g. QR) + existing ones (GMRES, LU, SVD, ...) * Support for general linear operators🔥 1/
    🌟Announcing "Lineax" - our newest #JAX library! For fast linear solves and least squares. github.com/google/lineax * Fast compile time * Fast runtime * Efficient new algorithms (e.g. QR) + existing ones (GMRES, LU, SVD, ...) * Support for general linear operators🔥 1/
    RT by @SingularMattrix: Check out the recent updates to PGMax, our JAX package for implementing large discrete probabilistic graphical models. It can now solve the smooth dual of LP relaxation of MAP problems orders faster than LP solvers, & more 1/6 https://github.com/deepmind/PGMax
    Check out the recent updates to PGMax, our JAX package for implementing large discrete probabilistic graphical models. It can now solve the smooth dual of LP relaxation of MAP problems orders faster than LP solvers, & more 1/6 github.com/deepmind/PGMax
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    Incompetence or fraud hidden in plain sight
    We’ve been hearing a lot about the colorful con artist George Santos, who was recently elected to the U.S. Congress. One news story asks: Why, people keep asking, did it take so long for his lies to be revealed? Why … Continue reading →  ( 16 min )
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    New blog tomorrow on a European club that I've never reviewed before 👍
    New blog tomorrow on a European club that I've never reviewed before 👍
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    Journal pulls paper from Ethiopia for unlicensed use of questionnaire
    A public-health journal has retracted a study from Ethiopia that made unlicensed use of a questionnaire developed by a U.S. researcher known to aggressively protect his intellectual property.  This time, he didn’t have to: The journal’s publisher flagged the copyright infringement itself, Renee Hoch, managing editor at PLOS Publication Ethics, told Retraction Watch: PLOS Global … Continue reading Journal pulls paper from Ethiopia for unlicensed use of questionnaire  ( 9 min )
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    When It Comes to Infant Milk Allergies, Many Questions Remain
    Cow’s milk allergies appear to be on the rise. But the source of that increase remains unclear. Are doctors simply getting better at recognizing symptoms? Are diagnosis guidelines too broad? Or is the formula industry to blame? A lot of parents — and pediatricians — are left in the dark.  ( 15 min )
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    Unknown language #15
    Yuan (?) dynasty (1271-1368) jade seal in the Bristol Museum: Know what language this is, or even what it says? Yes? Please get back to me. No? Please retweet it until somebody does. (But be aware, it's stumped some quite clever people who've already been asked, so it isn't obvious) Also, advance apologies if it […]  ( 7 min )
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    Assistant Dictator Book Club: America Against America
    Chinese #2 Wang Huning describes how he spent six months in the US and decided it was doomed.
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    you name your porno site "dog fart network" an d expect people to jack off to it. no wonder nyc is engulfed in poison right now
    you name your porno site "dog fart network" an d expect people to jack off to it. no wonder nyc is engulfed in poison right now
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    Throw back to one little AGI (daughter) feeding other little AGIs — somewhere in an ashram in haridwar a few months ago. She has no priors about acts of service and what it means, but felt incredibly excited to keep at it. Why? What is it about the agent-agent sharing experiences that makes it intrinsically rewarding? What will make AGI have such emergent intrinsic rewards leading to empathy? One is obviously imitation learning but that is not enough. The act of dissolving the agent and environment boundary is at the core of feeling good about such an action — this dissolution feels more empowering and therefore blissful. Similarly if an AGI were to maximize this agent-environment dissolution boundary then we would get to emergent empathy. This is optimal for an AGI because it would end up maximizing its coverage in the environment while consuming as little energy as possible. Any duality between the agent and the environment means there is some internal thought or action — this requires compute flops. Killing a human is suboptimal for similar reasons — it is unnecessarily compute inefficient and destroys valuable information that is very hard to reconstruct. I feel like there is a principle here to solve the AGI alignment problem.
    Throw back to one little AGI (daughter) feeding other little AGIs — somewhere in an ashram in haridwar a few months ago. She has no priors about acts of service and what it means, but felt incredibly excited to keep at it. Why? What is it about the agent-agent sharing experiences that makes it intrinsically rewarding? What will make AGI have such emergent intrinsic rewards leading to empathy? One is obviously imitation learning but that is not enough. The act of dissolving the agent and environment boundary is at the core of feeling good about such an action — this dissolution feels more empowering and therefore blissful. Similarly if an AGI were to maximize this agent-environment dissolution boundary then we would get to emergent empathy. This is optimal for an AGI because it would end up maximizing its coverage in the environment while consuming as little energy as possible. Any duality between the agent and the environment means there is some internal thought or action — this requires compute flops. Killing a human is suboptimal for similar reasons — it is unnecessarily compute inefficient and destroys valuable information that is very hard to reconstruct. I feel like there is a principle here to solve the AGI alignment problem.
    On my way to #LATechWeek. DMs open if you want to talk about @CSM_ai
    On my way to #LATechWeek. DMs open if you want to talk about @CSM_ai
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    Blank-cheque inheritance and statistical methods objects
    One of the problems with object-oriented programming for statistical methods is that inheritance is backwards. Everything is fine for data structures, and Bioconductor has many examples of broad (often abstract) base classes for biological information or annotation that are specialised by inheritance to more detailed and useful classes. Statistical methods go the other way In base R, glm for generalised linear models is a generalisation of lm for linear models, but the glm class inherits from the lm class, not the reverse.  ( 2 min )
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    UFO Evidence
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    Briefly
    Michael Neilson and Chris Knox at the NZ$ Herald have an excellent look at crime statistics and what you can’t straightforwardly conclude from them Outsourcing:  there was a story about garlic to stop Covid.  Here are responses from a blog at the University of Waikato, and from misinformation.wiki Many French labour regulations start to apply […] Briefly first appeared on Stats Chat.  ( 5 min )
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    re: this chart (1) most 18 yr olds know very little about politics, so excluding “moderates” likely changes conclusions here (2) ideological ID is not policy prefs — bet that looks more liberal for HS boys (3) are edu polarization & the gender attainment gap upstream of this?
    re: this chart nitter.net/dcoxpolls/status/1666076705503555584#m
    someone should make a chart of smoothed quarterly change in these variables + gas prices since 2021
    someone should make a chart of smoothed quarterly change in these variables + gas prices since 2021 nitter.net/chrislhayes/status/1666165463330455554#m
    go back 90 years and the big concern was opinion polls would ruin democracy. in 1960 skeptics worried about regression. then came the microtargeting scare. none of these technologies destabilized our democracy. while LLMs are new, and evolving, moral panics are an old past time
    go back 90 years and the big concern was opinion polls would ruin democracy. in 1960 skeptics worried about regression. then came the microtargeting scare. none of these technologies destabilized our democracy. nitter.net/jon_m_rob/status/1666132852877012996#m
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    Nonfarm employment up 339,000 in May 2023 https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2023/nonfarm-employment-up-339000-in-may-2023.htm #BLSdata
    Nonfarm employment up 339,000 in May 2023 bls.gov/opub/ted/2023/nonfar… #BLSdata
    Nonfarm employment up 339,000 in May 2023 https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2023/nonfarm-employment-up-339000-in-may-2023.htm #BLSdata
    Nonfarm employment up 339,000 in May 2023 bls.gov/opub/ted/2023/nonfar… #BLSdata
    Four personal tax liabilities trends that have emerged from recent tax legislation https://www.bls.gov/opub/btn/volume-12/four-personal-tax-trends.htm #BLSdata
    Four personal tax liabilities trends that have emerged from recent tax legislation bls.gov/opub/btn/volume-12/f… #BLSdata
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    With a hint of caramel from toasted sugar, Belgian cassonade, or light brown sugar, this Swiss meringue–based chocolate frosting is rich, complex, and none too sweet. https://www.seriouseats.com/chocolate-swiss-buttercream?taid=647fba8bdb776900014b24c2&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    With a hint of caramel from toasted sugar, Belgian cassonade, or light brown sugar, this Swiss meringue–based chocolate frosting is rich, complex, and none too sweet. seriouseats.com/chocolate-sw…
    We tasted 17 instant coffees to find out which ones were the sweetest, most balanced, and had the most complex flavors. https://www.seriouseats.com/best-instant-coffee-7506045?taid=647fac7bcf93b30001f183c3&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    We tasted 17 instant coffees to find out which ones were the sweetest, most balanced, and had the most complex flavors. seriouseats.com/best-instant…
    Blue Moon ice cream and its Smurf counterpart are sweet, sweet, sweet and bright blue. If either of these things are a turnoff, you might leave this flavor to the kiddos and the young at heart. Anyone left standing grab a spoon and dig in! https://www.seriouseats.com/blue-moon-ice-cream-recipe?taid=647f9e6fd4faf00001394b77&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    Blue Moon ice cream and its Smurf counterpart are sweet, sweet, sweet and bright blue. If either of these things are a turnoff, you might leave this flavor to the kiddos and the young at heart. Anyone left standing grab a spoon and dig in! seriouseats.com/blue-moon-ic…
    This deep fryer heats oil consistently, is easy to use, and has a built-in oil filter and drain. https://www.seriouseats.com/all-clad-deep-fryer-review-7507265?taid=647f8262f01664000107affd&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    This deep fryer heats oil consistently, is easy to use, and has a built-in oil filter and drain. seriouseats.com/all-clad-dee…
    This utterly faithful recipe perfectly recreates a New York City halal-cart classic. https://www.seriouseats.com/serious-eats-halal-cart-style-chicken-and-rice-white-sauce-recipe?taid=647f7452ab5b670001f7e521&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    This utterly faithful recipe perfectly recreates a New York City halal-cart classic. seriouseats.com/serious-eats…
    After testing 10 tea infusers, we have top picks for both ball tea infusers and basket tea infusers. https://www.seriouseats.com/best-tea-infusers-7500581?taid=647f661bd4faf000013938b2&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    After testing 10 tea infusers, we have top picks for both ball tea infusers and basket tea infusers. seriouseats.com/best-tea-inf…
    This famed seafood-and-meat paella may not be traditional, but it's a favorite of diners all over the world for good reason. The grill makes it possible to cook one big enough for a crowd at home. https://www.seriouseats.com/grilled-paella-mixta-mixed-paella-with-chicken-and-seafood?taid=647f49faf016640001079799&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    This famed seafood-and-meat paella may not be traditional, but it's a favorite of diners all over the world for good reason. The grill makes it possible to cook one big enough for a crowd at home. seriouseats.com/grilled-pael…
    After many hours at low heat in a smoker, pork shoulder comes out silky, tender, with a crusty and crunchy bark, and ready for shredding into terrific pulled pork. https://www.seriouseats.com/real-barbecued-pulled-pork?taid=647f3beadb776900014af128&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    After many hours at low heat in a smoker, pork shoulder comes out silky, tender, with a crusty and crunchy bark, and ready for shredding into terrific pulled pork. seriouseats.com/real-barbecu…
    This gazpacho recipe calls for salting and draining the vegetables and then freezing them, which helps extract flavorful juices from their cellular structure. https://www.seriouseats.com/andalusian-gazpacho-recipe?taid=647e8527cf93b30001f11d40&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    This gazpacho recipe calls for salting and draining the vegetables and then freezing them, which helps extract flavorful juices from their cellular structure. seriouseats.com/andalusian-g…
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    stack overflow on strike
    Visit the post for more.  ( 6 min )
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    Commutative Separable Algebras III
    What commutative separable monoids have to do with Galois theory.  ( 5 min )
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    Commutative Separable Algebras III
    What commutative separable monoids have to do with Galois theory.  ( 5 min )
    AI And Existential Risks
    With the development of the new generation of large language models (ChatGPT, Bard, etcetera) we are seeing the first hints of an accelerating pace in the progress of artificial intelligence. These innovations may turn out to be good for humanity (with all problems we have already identified, bias, misinformation, work displacement, etc.), but their possibly exponential (and more-than-exponential) rate of change is something we cannot fathom, and is in and of itself the source of large risks. read more  ( 5 min )
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    Marc Andreessen on AI safety and AI for the world
    So far I have explained why four of the five most often proposed risks of AI are not actually real – AI will not come to life and kill us, AI will not ruin our society, AI will not cause mass unemployment, and AI will not cause an ruinous increase in inequality. But now let’s […] The post Marc Andreessen on AI safety and AI for the world appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments In reply to Greg. I'm not as convinced. Assuming each ... by OldCurmudgeon In reply to Zote. “Yes, because buggymakers became car ... by Dismalist This is such a bad essay. There is loads of irrelevant stuff ... by Dan Dennis In reply to Yes, what happens if something that's very, very ... by ged In reply to MikeP. Having conceded (5) AI enables bad people ... by Dzhaughn Plus 10 more... Related Stories Apple Vision Pro is receiving strong reviews Evidence from Italy’s ChatGPT Ban Apple Vision Pro  ( 7 min )
    Tuesday assorted links
    1. Is that what French YIMBY looks like?  Does building needs its own ideology?  Is Brutalism OK after all? 2. Looking back at some key AGI predictions, the core lesson being not to weigh non-proven methods of abstract reasoning too heavily.  EY vs. Hanson is the organizing theme.  You can talk yourself into a lot […] The post Tuesday assorted links appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments In reply to Bill. Fake Bill at 12:15:37. Cookie crumbs say it ... by Bill In reply to Some Toronto guy. Hey, nobody's stopping you from ... by Steve Griffin In reply to JWatts. You are a Coward by Anonymous In reply to JonFraz. Theoretically, copays should reduce the ... by EdR In reply to Hieronymous. I'm in Florida. There are lots of ... by Anti-Gnostic Plus 10 more...  ( 6 min )
    Apple Vision Pro is receiving strong reviews
    But none of them had the advantages that Apple brings to the table with Apple Vision Pro. Namely, 5,000 patents filed over the past few years and an enormous base of talent and capital to work with. Every bit of this thing shows Apple-level ambition. I don’t know whether it will be the “next computing mode,” but […] The post Apple Vision Pro is receiving strong reviews appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments In reply to Anonymous. I really don't think that headset ... by Dave There is one thing that could have been in the WWDC video, that ... by dick King In reply to zztop. Unlike XeroxParc, Oculus didn't pioneer ... by Joe Bush In reply to S. Byerley. This isn't a product aimed at “the ... by Joe Bush In reply to JWatts. Thanks. I ma extremely farsighted. ... by steve Plus 10 more... Related Stories Marc Andreessen on AI safety and AI for the world Evidence from Italy’s ChatGPT Ban Apple Vision Pro  ( 7 min )
    *Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse*
    This was one of those “within the first fifteen seconds you know it is going to be great” experiences.  Yes the movie is too long at 2 hours, 20 minutes, but what part would you want cut?  Every scene and indeed every frame jumps to life immediately and is a joy to watch and behold.  […] The post *Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse* appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments In reply to M. I would personally think so. This is like ... by Tom I really like Tyler and his musings, but I refuse to believe ... by Tom In reply to M. “Perhaps this is how he's evolved over ... by Dinwar In reply to M. Yes, this. DC put all the loserdom of Marvel ... by Wondering In reply to dearieme. As I said in an earlier topic, “cocky ... by Mother of three Plus 10 more... Related Stories Two movies I forgot to tell you about  ( 6 min )
    Evidence from Italy’s ChatGPT Ban
    We analyse the effects of the ban of ChatGPT, a generative pre-trained transformer chatbot, on individual productivity. We first compile data on the hourly coding output of over 8,000 professional GitHub users in Italy and other European countries to analyse the impact of the ban on individual productivity. Combining the high-frequency data with the sudden […] The post Evidence from Italy’s ChatGPT Ban appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments In reply to TMC. That would be huge news if true, but all ... by James A 50% drop in productivity means ChatGPT makes coders 2x more ... by James In reply to Rock solid. 50% (across all Github Italian ... by Raimondo Vine In reply to M. Copying code: free Knowing what code to ... by anon In reply to JMc. That they figured out how to measure ... by TMC Plus 10 more... Related Stories Apple Vision Pro Paul Krugman on AI How the Russian Revolution boosted Marx’s influence  ( 6 min )
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    The Blue Bird, by Maurice Maeterlinck and Georgette Leblanc
    Two children go on a magical adventure in search of the Blue Bird.  ( 2 min )
    The Man Who Knew, by Edgar Wallace
    A English millionaire with a seedy past in Africa discovers that his worst fears have come true.  ( 2 min )
    Lais, by Marie de France
    A collection of twelfth-century medieval tales of chivalry and romance.  ( 2 min )
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    R to @steak_umm: sent from my apartment
    sent from my apartment
    people want what they couldn’t have as kids which means the next generation will be obsessed with affordable housing
    people want what they couldn’t have as kids which means the next generation will be obsessed with affordable housing
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    The controversial research should be destigmatized, the NASA-appointed panel said. https://scim.ag/2Uo
    The controversial research should be destigmatized, the NASA-appointed panel said. scim.ag/2Uo
    Unlike other primates, young mountain gorillas who lose a parent or have disrupted families live just as long as their peers. https://scim.ag/2Uk
    Unlike other primates, young mountain gorillas who lose a parent or have disrupted families live just as long as their peers. scim.ag/2Uk
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    You Made $1 Online — Now What?
    The sad truth about online freelancing Continue reading on The Writing Cooperative »  ( 7 min )
    The One Mindset Shift That Will Get You to Write More Original Content
    Two simple stories that will get you up and writing more Continue reading on The Writing Cooperative »  ( 8 min )
    The “Tortoise” Method to Innovation
    Sudden breakthroughs are exciting, but slow and steady always wins Continue reading on The Writing Cooperative »  ( 9 min )
    How Do You End Things Well
    Continue reading on The Writing Cooperative »  ( 11 min )
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    RT by @ground_guru: This is the best insight into Ange that you're going to get. Brilliant webinar
    This is the best insight into Ange that you're going to get. Brilliant webinar nitter.net/ground_guru/status/1665417781876072449#m
    RT by @ground_guru: Absolutely horrible news feeing for all my former colleagues, players and backroom staff alike
    Absolutely horrible news feeing for all my former colleagues, players and backroom staff alike nitter.net/londonirish/status/1666149246863568898#m
    RT by @ground_guru: Very insightful and thought provoking presentations. Great speakers - great day!
    Very insightful and thought provoking presentations. Great speakers - great day! nitter.net/ground_guru/status/1666152251377713180#m
    RT by @ground_guru: Thanks for inviting me and how professionally the event was organised.
    Thanks for inviting me and how professionally the event was organised.
    Thank you to everyone who attended today's Youth Development Webinar - and to our brilliant speakers + sponsors @veotechnologies @jeff_weigh @DeasunO @jackbraz29 @perrywalters10 @mathlacome
    Thank you to everyone who attended today's Youth Development Webinar - and to our brilliant speakers + sponsors @veotechnologies @jeff_weigh @DeasunO @jackbraz29 @perrywalters10 @mathlacome
    RT by @ground_guru: Fascinating interview for any Spurs fans to listen to. I’m off to run through several brick walls for Ange Postecoglou. #THFC #COYS
    Fascinating interview for any Spurs fans to listen to. I’m off to run through several brick walls for Ange Postecoglou. #THFC #COYS nitter.net/ground_guru/status/1665417781876072449#m
    RT by @ground_guru: Per chi volesse approfondire la questione del ruolo del campo di data science nel calcio e nello sport in generale, consiglio di ascoltare questa intervista a Luke Bornn, fondatore di Zelus. Almeno vi risparmiate i discorsi sul Moneyball campati in aria https://trainingground.guru/articles/luke-bornn-the-future-of-data-science-in-football
    Per chi volesse approfondire la questione del ruolo del campo di data science nel calcio e nello sport in generale, consiglio di ascoltare questa intervista a Luke Bornn, fondatore di Zelus. Almeno vi risparmiate i discorsi sul Moneyball campati in aria trainingground.guru/articles…
    🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸 Final presentation of a busy day at the Youth Development Webinar: #9: Carlos Casal Lopez ~ @LaLigaEN 10-Year Plan For Academies
    🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸 @LaLigaEN 10-Year Plan For Academies
    RT by @ground_guru: Carlos Casal Lopez, Football Programs Leader from @LaLiga sharing insights about 'LaLiga's 10 year plan for Academies' as part of our Youth Development Webinar. @ground_guru
    Carlos Casal Lopez, Football Programs Leader from @LaLiga sharing insights about 'LaLiga's 10 year plan for Academies' as part of our Youth Development Webinar. @ground_guru
    RT by @ground_guru: Enjoyable final presentation at the @ground_guru Youth Development Webinar!
    Enjoyable final presentation at the @ground_guru Youth Development Webinar!
    RT by @ground_guru: Brilliant presentation from Tom Hocking at the @ground_guru Youth Development Webinar.
    Brilliant presentation from Tom Hocking at the @ground_guru Youth Development Webinar.
    Youth Development Webinar #8: Tom Hocking ~ Video Analysis @WolvesAcademy @veotechnologies
    Youth Development Webinar @WolvesAcademy @veotechnologies
    RT by @ground_guru: Tom Hocking, First team Assistant Performance Analyst @Wolves sharing insights into 'Video analysis at Wolves Academy' as part of our Youth Development Webinar. @ground_guru
    Tom Hocking, First team Assistant Performance Analyst @Wolves sharing insights into 'Video analysis at Wolves Academy' as part of our Youth Development Webinar. @ground_guru
    RT by @ground_guru: Phenomenal presentation by Andy Goldie on the work ongoing @swans_academy as part of the @ground_guru Youth Development Webinar 👍
    Phenomenal presentation by Andy Goldie on the work ongoing @swans_academy as part of the @ground_guru Youth Development Webinar 👍
    RT by @ground_guru: Sunderland getting mentioned a lot in terms of what we should do. I agree, but know what it looks like. The sporting director runs the club. Sets the philosophy and culture throughout. Employs a head coach, data & recruitment team Read 👇👇👇👇 https://trainingground.guru/articles/james-young-the-role-of-data-in-sunderlands-brave-new-world
    Sunderland getting mentioned a lot in terms of what we should do. trainingground.guru/articles…
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    "Navigating academia as a young mother is hard, but it's also rewarding." In this #ScienceWorkingLife, a #PhD student wrote that her daughters have benefited from her pursuit of higher education. https://scim.ag/2Ul #NationalHigherEducationDay @ScienceCareers
    "Navigating academia as a young mother is hard, but it's also rewarding." #ScienceWorkingLife, a #PhD student wrote that her daughters have benefited from her pursuit of higher education. scim.ag/2Ul #NationalHigherEducationDay @ScienceCareers
    RT by @ScienceMagazine: Don’t miss this week’s new issue of #ScienceSignaling! Researchers show how a biochemical modification enables macrophages to neutralize tuberculosis, a mouse study demystifies the mechanisms behind brain swelling in stroke, and more. https://scim.ag/2Ui
    Don’t miss this week’s new issue of #ScienceSignaling! Researchers show how a biochemical modification enables macrophages to neutralize tuberculosis, a mouse study demystifies the mechanisms behind brain swelling in stroke, and more. scim.ag/2Ui
    A new Science study presents a method for #3Dprinting nanoscale optical-grade glass at 650°C—roughly 500°C lower than the sinter temperatures needed by other methods. The approach may help redefine the paradigm for free-form manufacturing of silica glass. https://scim.ag/2Ue
    A new Science study presents a method for #3Dprinting nanoscale optical-grade glass at 650°C—roughly 500°C lower than the sinter temperatures needed by other methods. scim.ag/2Ue
    A new @SciImmunology study involving human skin samples presents a spatial atlas of immune cells during psoriasis and health. https://scim.ag/2U8
    A new @SciImmunology study involving human skin samples presents a spatial atlas of immune cells during psoriasis and health. scim.ag/2U8
    R to @ScienceMagazine: By comparing reference genomes of 12 macaque species that together cover all the known macaque groups, researchers in @ScienceAdvances have uncovered an ancient hybrid origin of a macaque lineage. https://scim.ag/2SA #PrimateGenomes
    By comparing reference genomes of 12 macaque species that together cover all the known macaque groups, researchers in @ScienceAdvances have uncovered an ancient hybrid origin of a macaque lineage. scim.ag/2SA #PrimateGenomes
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    Q&A: Gabriela Sá Pessoa on Brazilian politics, human rights in the Amazon, and AI
    The Brazilian social justice reporter is a fellow at the MIT Center for International Studies.  ( 11 min )
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    The Origin of the Pickleback (And How to Make It)
    A staple of dive bars around the world, the pickleback is a simple shot combo that sees whiskey (these days typically Jameson) followed immediately by pickle brine. It's a salty, vinegary, palate cleansing combo invented at the Bushwick Country Club and we spoke with the folks who were there when it was invented.  ( 15 min )
    Pressure Canning Gear 101: All of the Can-Do Gear You Need
    Canning can be a great way to preserve seasonal vegetables and fruits, but you got to have the right gear (such as our tested-and-recommended pressure canner).  ( 25 min )
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    Senate Democrats' biggest hurdle in 2024 will be outrunning Biden's poor approval ratings. Don't miss @JessicaTaylor's latest data dive: https://www.cookpolitical.com/analysis/senate/senate-charts/senate-democrats-biggest-2024-challenge-outrunning-biden
    Senate Democrats' biggest hurdle in 2024 will be outrunning Biden's poor approval ratings. @JessicaTaylor's latest data dive: cookpolitical.com/analysis/s…
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    There is a deliberate and concentrated effort to prevent my posts from appearing on The News
    There is a deliberate and concentrated effort to prevent my posts from appearing on The News
    thinking about the insane tax breaks i'll get when i produce 10000 dog shit AI generated tv shows just to cancel them
    thinking about the insane tax breaks i'll get when i produce 10000 dog shit AI generated tv shows just to cancel them
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    It seems very likely that either Roberts or Thomas is writing in Allen v. Milligan, yes.
    It seems very likely that either Roberts or Thomas is writing in Allen v. Milligan, yes. nitter.net/whitnessing/status/1666157036973719578#m
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    How Fungal Meningitis Outbreaks Can Happen after Cosmetic Procedures and Other Surgeries
    A cluster of U.S. residents who traveled for surgery have developed severe fungal infections in the spine and brain. Here’s what you need to know about the disease
    Colombia's 'Cocaine Hippo' Population Is Even Bigger Than Scientists Thought
    The most comprehensive census yet of the hippos in Colombia that are descended from several imported by drug-cartel leader Pablo Escobar reveals that there could be twice as many of the invasive animals as previous estimates indicated
    Rich Nations Owe $192 Trillion for Causing Climate Change, New Analysis Finds
    Researchers calculated that high-emitting countries, including the U.S., should pay $192 trillion in compensation to low-emitting nations
    After COVID-19, Can mRNA Vaccines Help with Cancer as Well?
    The COVID pandemic put mRNA technology, long in development, to the test. Here’s a look at how it might fight cancer and when it might reach patients
    Former Russian 'Spy Whale' Faces His Greatest Danger
    Hvaldi, a juvenile beluga whale likely used as a Russian spy, has become so accustomed to human interaction that he’s putting himself in danger and urgently needs our help
    Gift Wrapping Five Oranges Has Outwitted the Best Minds in Mathematics for Generations
    Perfectly wrapping spherical objects together seems trivial, but it’s a task that has stumped mathematicians for centuries
    Giant Seaweed 'Blob' Could Carry Dangerous Bacteria
    The combination of a massive seaweed bloom, plastic in the ocean and climate change is increasing the risk of dangerous infections
    Death Rates among Black People in the U.S. Are Rising after Falling
    Researchers hope their work on racial health disparities will be a “call to action”
    Tonga Eruption Triggered Massive 'Equatorial Plasma Bubble'
    Scientists are using satellite observations of a massive volcanic eruption’s impact to better understand Earth’s atmosphere
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    recently noticed 06-06-23
    GitHub - pedrozath/coltrane: 🎹🎸A music theory library with a command-line interface 📌 Text to diagram 📌 “Compare the syntax and renders of various languages that produce diagrams from text.” Infinite Mac📌 “...a collection of classic Macintosh system releases and software, all easily accessible from the comfort of a (modern) web browser.” PiPHero (macOS)📌 “The macOS menu bar app to picture-in-picture any window” Accessibility Personas “Experience the web as personas with access needs” (more info)  ( 1 min )
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    R to @sciam: Read the full story by @kernhendricks to learn more. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-rare-glimpse-into-afghanistans-spectacular-vanishing-forests/
    Read the full story by @kernhendricks to learn more. scientificamerican.com/artic…  ( 1 min )
    R to @sciam: Despite the grueling physical demands of his job, this logger only earns roughly 40 cents for each “sleeper”—a rectangular chunk of timber about a foot wide and eight feet long—that he cuts from the forest. He says he makes about $11 in an average day. https://bit.ly/3P0rmq4
    Despite the grueling physical demands of his job, this logger only earns roughly 40 cents for each “sleeper”—a rectangular chunk of timber about a foot wide and eight feet long—that he cuts from the forest. He says he makes about $11 in an average day. bit.ly/3P0rmq4
    R to @sciam: The deep green pine and cedar forests are often the only real resource available to the communities who live in them. https://bit.ly/3P0rmq4
    The deep green pine and cedar forests are often the only real resource available to the communities who live in them. bit.ly/3P0rmq4
    R to @sciam: Rising economic pressure is making it steadily harder to persuade people when it comes to choosing the health of forests over that of their families. https://bit.ly/3P0rmq4
    Rising economic pressure is making it steadily harder to persuade people when it comes to choosing the health of forests over that of their families. bit.ly/3P0rmq4
    Despite the timber trade’s central role in eastern Afghanistan’s economy, harvesting these vast woodlands comes at a steep cost to other resources, as well as to the local ecology. 🔗 https://bit.ly/3P0rmq4 📸 @kernhendricks
    Despite the timber trade’s central role in eastern Afghanistan’s economy, harvesting these vast woodlands comes at a steep cost to other resources, as well as to the local ecology. bit.ly/3P0rmq4 @kernhendricks  ( 1 min )
    Thunderbirds were a big deal—so why did they die out? Learn how the prehistoric dromornithids earned their nickname in the third episode of Science, Quickly’s mini-series on monster birds with host 🎙️ @flichtman. 🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://bit.ly/43ngvuB
    Thunderbirds were a big deal—so why did they die out? @flichtman. bit.ly/43ngvuB
    Hvaldi, a juvenile beluga whale likely used as a Russian spy, has become so accustomed to human interaction that he's putting himself in danger and urgently needs our help | Opinion https://trib.al/v5d7pDG
    Hvaldi, a juvenile beluga whale likely used as a Russian spy, has become so accustomed to human interaction that he's putting himself in danger and urgently needs our help | Opinion trib.al/v5d7pDG  ( 1 min )
    A new tool that tracks military deployments to climate disasters could shed light on how the traditional war-fighting mission is evolving under a warming climate https://trib.al/Wr7Ksf5
    A new tool that tracks military deployments to climate disasters could shed light on how the traditional war-fighting mission is evolving under a warming climate trib.al/Wr7Ksf5
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    AG Ellison suing largest landowner in downtown St. Paul over wage theft, retaliation
    Plus: Former Vikings part-owner sentenced to prison; South Dakota governor accuses Target of trying to get rid of Mount Rushmore; 3M nears settlement in "forever chemicals" case; sinkholes could be the new norm; and more.  ( 8 min )
    Does a new Minnesota program fund free college tuition only for undocumented immigrants?
    No. The North Star Promise program enacted last month applies to all eligible Minnesotans — not just undocumented immigrants.  ( 7 min )
    Corn-powered planes? Why Delta — and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz — lobbied for new biofuel tax credit
    The governor and other supporters argue that incentives for a burgeoning industry can slash emissions, create jobs and provide a future for Minnesota’s large biofuels industry as electric vehicles become a larger share of ground transportation.  ( 28 min )
    Reflecting on one Minneapolis, two realities as a friend plans a move outside the city
    "I am so desperate to have a positive vision for the future. I want some hope for our next chapter, which no one can seem to articulate."  ( 18 min )
    Minneapolis artist Tina Tavera is one of 15 national recipients of 2023 Latinx Artist Fellowship
    Deeply engaged in social justice issues and advocating for the Latinx community, she often brings a political bent to her work— at times bringing elements of iconography and symbolism to her multidisciplinary practice.  ( 13 min )
    Most hemp edibles, beverages still legal under Minnesota marijuana law, but with higher taxes and new testing
    Something that will help makers of hemp-derived beverages is clarification that edibles and THC beverages can be sold in bars and liquor stores starting immediately.  ( 24 min )
    How important was your favorite teacher to your success? Researchers have done the math
    A study finds significantly higher college going rates for students who cultivated mentors in high school.  ( 18 min )
    Police pursuit of robbery suspects ends in north Minneapolis crash, 5 injuries
    Plus: Norovirus could be cause of Schulze Lake illnesses; Rochester transit system reaches tentative deal with union; praise continues for Minnesota's legislative session; and more.  ( 8 min )
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    Zen University
    The establishment of a new university in Japan has been announced, to be called ZEN University. One component of the new university will be the Inter Universal Geometry Center, with Fumiharu Kato as director, Ivan Fesenko as deputy director. The … Continue reading →  ( 6 min )
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    Punditry
    The New York Times has had roundtable discussions of presidential candidates as they enter the race, and had one on Tim Scott a couple of weeks ago.  It wasn't until the eighth comment that someone noted that  "Republican primary voters have been eager to consider Black candidates in recent cycles: Herman Cain in 2012, Ben Carson in 2016."  Neither one had any of the conventional qualifications to be president, neither one was especially well known, and Carson put very little effort into his campaign, so their performance suggests that many Republicans want to support a black candidate.  The participant who made this point was Daniel McCarthy, the most conservative of the group.  I don't think that's a coincidence:  most progressives see the story of the last decade or so as one of backlas…  ( 9 min )
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    The SEC Comes for Crypto
    Also Flo Rida at private equity parties.  ( 2 min )
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    R to @DavidDuvenaud: In any case, I learned a lot from this conversation, thank you Robin and Agnes! Here is the blog post Robin posted after our discussion, which lays our his arguments more fully: https://www.overcomingbias.com/p/to-imagine-ai-imagine-no-ai
    In any case, I learned a lot from this conversation, thank you Robin and Agnes! overcomingbias.com/p/to-imag…
    R to @DavidDuvenaud: I now want to investigate: 1) Which of my values will likely be preserved even under competitive pressure? Friendship? Jokes? Child-rearing? 2) Can we hope to preserve non-functional values more faithfully than today's historical re-enactments and arbitrary-feeling traditions?
    I now want to investigate: 1) Which of my values will likely be preserved even under competitive pressure? Friendship? Jokes? Child-rearing? 2) Can we hope to preserve non-functional values more faithfully than today's historical re-enactments and arbitrary-feeling traditions?
    R to @DavidDuvenaud: Agnes points out that we are glad our ancestors didn't lock in their values, so we should let them improve more. I say, no, by definition, any change from our current values is bad, according to us. Though we can expect to better be able to fulfill them in the future.
    Agnes points out that we are glad our ancestors didn't lock in their values, so we should let them improve more. I say, no, by definition, any change from our current values is bad, according to us. Though we can expect to better be able to fulfill them in the future.
    R to @DavidDuvenaud: Robin said trying to preserve values (aka alignment) requires permanent mind-control, which is distasteful and hard. I said we are doing alignment anyways, and when done well it just looks like something born wanting wanting what we want. E.g. Dogs born wanting to help humans.
    Robin said trying to preserve values (aka alignment) requires permanent mind-control, which is distasteful and hard. I said we are doing alignment anyways, and when done well it just looks like something born wanting wanting what we want. E.g. Dogs born wanting to help humans.
    R to @DavidDuvenaud: We agreed that: 1) Competition will naturally cause our descendants to be alien to us, whether human or machine. 2) Stopping this would require a world government restricting growth. This approach has a terrible track record.
    We agreed that: 1) Competition will naturally cause our descendants to be alien to us, whether human or machine. 2) Stopping this would require a world government restricting growth. This approach has a terrible track record.
    I discussed the future of humanity, value preservation, and controlling our descendants with @robinhanson and @AgnesCallard. Robin's main point: Trying to preserving all our values might require neutering our descendants' ability to grow. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGxv1TcazIc
    I discussed the future of humanity, value preservation, and controlling our descendants with @robinhanson and @AgnesCallard. piped.video/watch?v=WGxv1Tca…
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    There are still 6 days to submit your works on #Tractable #Probabilistic #Models at the #TPM2023 workshop at #UAI2023 @UncertaintyInAI 👉https://tractable-probabilistic-modeling.github.io/tpm2023/cfp/ 🗓️Deadline: June 12th, 2023 AoE #probabilistic #circuits #normalizing #flows #pgm
    There are still 6 days to submit your works on #Tractable #Probabilistic #Models at the #TPM2023 workshop at #UAI2023 @UncertaintyInAI tractable-probabilistic-mode… #probabilistic #circuits #normalizing #flows #pgm
    RT by @tetraduzione: Antonio is the best! Join us at @InfAtEd @EdinburghUni!
    Antonio is the best! Join us at @InfAtEd @EdinburghUni! nitter.net/tetraduzione/status/1664725605877727234#m
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    Sinitic exclamations in English speech
    Listen to Malaysian comedian Nigel Ng (aka "Uncle Roger"), who has had his Weibo and bilibili social media accounts banned due to "violation of relevant regulations": The ban comes one day after Ng uploaded this clip to various social media platforms. pic.twitter.com/8Wwf2aTrfZ — Aaron Busch (@tripperhead) May 19, 2023 Under the subject line "Uncle Roger […]  ( 7 min )
    LLMs as coders?
    I've recently seen many articles like this one, "You probably don't need to learn to code anymore" (Medium 6/5/2023), arguing that Large Language Models will make human programming (and human programmers) unnecessary. These arguments puzzle me, because my experience with LLMs suggests that they can't be relied on even for very simple programming tasks. After […]  ( 18 min )
    Sinitic semiliteracy
    From a story on CNN on "begpackers" in Asia: The photo is captioned, "Professor Stephen Pratt posed as a begpacker to do fieldwork in Hong Kong." The sign says: qǐng bāngzhù wǒ zài quán shìjiè lǚxíng 請幫助我在全世界旅行 "Please help me travel around the world" Despite the fractured grammar (the zài 在* is especially egregious), all the […]  ( 7 min )
    Annals of biang
    Shop sign in Budapest: Don't be cowed by the quixotic orthography.  The noodles are delicious, and you can get them right here in Philadelphia, and many other cities around the world. Selected readings "Biangbiang: authentic Xi'an grub in the heart of Philadelphia's University City" (6/9/22) "A Chinese character that is harder to write than 'biang'" […]  ( 7 min )
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    Bridging Ecology, Statistics, and Data Science with R for Biodiversity and Climate Change Research
    Francisco Rodríguez Sánchez shared with the R Consortium how the R language has changed and improved his work as a computational ecologist, leading him to become a passionate advocate, professional,... Continue reading: Bridging Ecology, Statistics, and Data Science with R for Biodiversity and Climate Change Research  ( 22 min )
    A Gentle Introduction to Docker
    This post is part of a series called The Missing Semester of Your DS Education. Introduction Continue reading: A Gentle Introduction to Docker  ( 20 min )
    Moving from bookdown to Quarto (and the corresponding GitHub Actions changes)
    R and Shiny Training: If you find this blog to be interesting, please note that I offer personalized and group-based training sessions that may be reserved through Buy me a Coffee. Additionally, I provide training services in the Spanish language ... Continue reading: Moving from bookdown to Quarto (and the corresponding GitHub Actions changes)  ( 12 min )
    Simplifying Data Transformation with pivot_longer() in R’s tidyr Library
    Introduction Continue reading: Simplifying Data Transformation with pivot_longer() in R’s tidyr Library  ( 11 min )
    Why GLMs should be a priority when teaching statistics
    Why GLMs should be a priority when teaching statistics There is often debate over the best place to start when teaching students inferential statistics. The teaching of statistics should start with basic understanding of what data are, probability and... Continue reading: Why GLMs should be a priority when teaching statistics  ( 12 min )
    Meeting the Stars of the R-Universe: PEcAn, an Open Source Project to Take Care of the Planet
    A new post of our interview series “Meeting the stars of the R-universe”. We aim to introduce the teams and people behind the development of software and packages many of us use and which are available through the R-Universe. We want to highlight and ... Continue reading: Meeting the Stars of the R-Universe: PEcAn, an Open Source Project to Take Care of the Planet  ( 13 min )
    Three useful (to me) R patterns
    I’m happy to report that I thought “oh but I know a better way to write that code!” a few times lately when reading old scripts of mine, or scripts by others. It’s a good feeling because it shows progress! I’ve tooted abou... Continue reading: Three useful (to me) R patterns  ( 10 min )
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    Mason Park Basketball Monument in Springfield, Massachusetts
    Wait, basketball was invented at a McDonald's!? No, not at all. Well, sorta. I don't know, let me explain: In December of 1891, James Naismith was responsible for the physical education of a group of young men attending the School for Christian Workers in Springfield, Massachusetts. Decembers in Massachusetts are really cold. It was Naismith's job to keep these young men active and engaged within the confines of a modestly-sized gymnasium. As destiny would have it, he would discover the solution in a pair of peach baskets.  The School for Christian Workers and the building it occupied would undergo several name changes over generations. The school itself would eventually go on to become Springfield College and move about a half mile down the road. The building, though, the geographical epicenter of the game of basketball, stood on the corner of State and Sherman. But in 1965, it was torn down to make way for a parking lot. Thirty years later, in 1995, a McDonald's was built on the land. The McDonald's stands to this day at 782 State Street, Springfield, Massachusetts, marking the hallowed ground of the first buckets ever sunk in the history of the universe. In 2010, a monument was erected across the street at Mason Square, commemorating the invention of what is objectively the greatest game ever invented. The monument includes a sculpture depicting an adult passing a basketball to a child, surrounded by plexiglass displays illustrating the history of basketball.  So, if you happen to be rolling through Springfield, you can drop in and grab a Big-Mac and just consider that you are standing on the spot where James Naismith first unveiled the game that would go on to become one of the most widely appreciated sports on the planet.  ( 13 min )
    In Australia, Aboriginal Knowledge and the Mystery of Fairy Circles
    As far as the eye can see, across some parts of the scrubby desert of Western Australia, there are round, barren patches of land. They’re seen in Namibia and Angola, too: fairy circles. They got that name in 2000, in a paper published in Basic & Applied Ecology by Thorsten Becker and Stephan Getzin. The German scientists described them as “circular or sub-circular patches devoid of any vegetation,” but “fairy circles” carries a little more magic. Their round shape, uniform size, and lack of obvious explanation have made them a longstanding mystery of the natural world. “One of the [other] key signatures of fairy circles is that they have a so-called spatially periodic pattern,” says Getzin, of the University of Göttingen. In other words, the circles are more or less evenly spaced out amo…  ( 17 min )
    Greisinger Museum in Jenins, Switzerland
    Switzerland is known for several literary pilgrimage sites for fans of J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium. He traveled here when he was 19 years old, and it is said that some of the Alpine villages he visited served as inspirations behind some of Middle-earth's iconic landscapes, such as Rivendell and the Misty Mountains. But the country has another can't-miss to offer to The Lord of the Rings enthusiasts, if not personally associated with Tolkien like the others. In the winemaking village of Jenins stands a familiar-looking building, a leaf-covered cottage with a green round door. This is the Greisinger Museum, home to the largest Tolkien-related collection in the world. Starting off as the private collection of Bernd Greisinger, the construction of the museum took place between 2008 and 2013 when it opened to the public. All of its rooms are inspired by and themed after Middle-earth locations. For instance, one of them copies the interior design of Bag End, the iconic home of Bilbo Baggins. The museum's collection consists of more than 25,000 items, including a myriad of movie memorabilia and hundreds of original paintings by such renowned artists as Alan Lee, Roger Garland, and Ted Nasmith. It is also home to a copy of every impression of the UK first editions of The Lord of the Rings, as well as that of The Hobbit from 1937 to 1999, some of them very rare and signed.  ( 12 min )
    Hemmed-In-Hollow Falls in Compton, Arkansas
    Requiring a nearly six-mile hike in and out of a deep Ozark Mountain valley or float down the Buffalo River, a view of the falls is worth every drop of sweat. Wind in the valley swirls the water into thousands of droplets misting around the main plume. Hemmed-In-Hollow Falls is a single-drop waterfall that pours over a massive bluff. The falls are most dramatic after rain, but dancing drops are visible most of the time. They are the biggest falls between the Appalachians and the Rocky Mountains. Many people have found their way to the falls, despite there being no roads in the protected Ponca Wilderness. William O'Neill built a retreat at the base of the falls in 1917. Today, only stone foundations can be seen.  ( 12 min )
    Maryland's Rare Seabirds Get a Life Raft and Babysitters
    OH1, a crow-sized seabird with tapered wings, a solid black cap, and beak the color of a traffic cone, touched down just off the Maryland coast on April 18, completing a 3,000-mile migration from Argentina. The common tern was the first summer resident to arrive at a seasonal colony, and the scientists monitoring the site celebrated. Soon, more terns joined OH1, and nesting season was officially underway. Then, within days, uninvited guests started showing up. Young gulls of different species began to loiter in the area, “just looking for a place to hang out,” says biologist Archer Larned, coastal bird habitat coordinator at the Maryland Coastal Bays Program (MCBP). Eventually, more than 100 of the noisy, pushy teenagers threatened to transform the terns’ breeding colony into their own s…  ( 19 min )
    Podcast: Temple of Pythons
    Listen and subscribe on Stitcher, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all major podcast apps. In this episode of The Atlas Obscura Podcast, we visit southern Benin to hear the story of the Temple of Pythons and clear up some misconceptions about one of the world's most misunderstood spiritual systems. Our podcast is an audio guide to the world’s wondrous, awe-inspiring, strange places. In under 15 minutes, we’ll take you to an incredible site, and along the way you’ll meet some fascinating people and hear their stories. Join us daily, Monday through Thursday, to explore a new wonder with cofounder Dylan Thuras and a neighborhood of Atlas Obscura reporters.  ( 13 min )
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    UFOs: What the *Further* Hell?
    A year ago I tried to come up with the most plausible story I could for why some UFOs might be aliens. In that story, life started long ago on some planet Eden, which then via panspermia seeded life onto thousands of planets in Earth’s stellar nursery. One of those other planets reached our current advanced level probably at least a hundred of million years ago, after which it enforced a policy preventing any part of it from expanding to colonize the universe. (Maybe for eco, governance, or stopping-change reasons.)
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    RT by @SingularMattrix: Finally Jax+Metal! It seems that the opening and modularisation of XLA is starting to pay off... https://developer.apple.com/metal/jax/ Let's hope Apple open sources it..
    Finally Jax+Metal! developer.apple.com/metal/ja… Let's hope Apple open sources it..  ( 1 min )
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    RT by @pixelatedboat: my debut full-length graphic novel BOYS WEEKEND is out TODAY. i'm so excited and nervous for this thing to finally, finally be out in the world and for people to read it. if you like my work, it would mean a hell of a lot to me if you got one. http://boysweekend.biz
    my debut full-length graphic novel BOYS WEEKEND is out TODAY. i'm so excited and nervous for this thing to finally, finally be out in the world and for people to read it. if you like my work, it would mean a hell of a lot to me if you got one. boysweekend.biz
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    “The traffic accidents study exposes the lamentable state of Covid-19 science”
    Kaiser has the story: The recent study tying lack of vaccinations to traffic accidents illustrates everything that is wrong with the state of our peer-reviewed scientific process. The study uses data that do not capture any of the important behavioral … Continue reading →  ( 14 min )
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    This article acknowledges that Nazi-branded units are a major part of Ukraine's forces, but doesn't tell us whether they take orders from the country's president. Since he's Jewish, I'm guessing they don't! Seems like a big problem. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/05/world/europe/nazi-symbols-ukraine.html?smid=tw-share
    This article acknowledges that Nazi-branded units are a major part of Ukraine's forces, but doesn't tell us whether they take orders from the country's president. Since he's Jewish, I'm guessing they don't! Seems like a big problem. nytimes.com/2023/06/05/world…
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    …and here’s one from last year about Ange Postecoglou.
    …and here’s one from last year about Ange Postecoglou. nitter.net/guardian_sport/status/1666032092575068161#m
    Here’s this week’s cartoon for @guardian_sport https://www.theguardian.com/football/ng-interactive/2023/jun/06/david-squires-on-manchester-city-beating-united-to-win-the-fa-cup-final
    Here’s this week’s cartoon for @guardian_sport theguardian.com/football/ng-…
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    Financial comparison of tomorrow evening's UEFA Europa Conference League finalists. On paper West Ham have a clear advantage over Fiorentina, but they still need to do the business on the pitch #WHUFC #Fiorentina #ACFFiorentina
    Financial comparison of tomorrow evening's UEFA Europa Conference League finalists. On paper West Ham have a clear advantage over Fiorentina, but they still need to do the business on the pitch #WHUFC #Fiorentina #ACFFiorentina
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    In Alaska, Tribal Governments Push for Larger Conservation Role
    Past conservation efforts, led by the federal and state governments, have locked Native Alaskans out of their traditional hunting grounds. Many tribes are now pushing for more say in environmental management — and evidence suggests a shift to Indigenous leadership may lead to better outcomes.  ( 22 min )
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    Highlights From The Comments On The Academic Job Market
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    Runner-up of this year's science-fiction essay competition co-sponsored by Nature and @EULIFE_news: The Stupid Questions Office https://go.nature.com/43F3cW2
    Runner-up of this year's science-fiction essay competition co-sponsored by Nature and @EULIFE_news: The Stupid Questions Office go.nature.com/43F3cW2

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    NRL Predictions for Round 15
    Team Ratings for Round 15 The basic method is described on my Department home page. Here are the team ratings prior to this week’s games, along with the ratings at the start of the season. Current Rating Rating at Season Start Difference Panthers 12.24 12.99 -0.80 Rabbitohs 9.09 9.35 -0.30 Eels 4.45 6.78 -2.30 Storm […] NRL Predictions for Round 15 first appeared on Stats Chat.  ( 6 min )
    Top 14 Predictions for the Semi-finals
    Team Ratings for the Semi-finals The basic method is described on my Department home page. Here are the team ratings prior to this week’s games, along with the ratings at the start of the season. Current Rating Rating at Season Start Difference Stade Toulousain 7.36 6.34 1.00 La Rochelle 6.93 6.88 0.10 Bordeaux Begles 5.23 […] Top 14 Predictions for the Semi-finals first appeared on Stats Chat.  ( 5 min )
    Super Rugby Predictions for the Quarter-finals
    Team Ratings for the Quarter-finals The basic method is described on my Department home page. Here are the team ratings prior to this week’s games, along with the ratings at the start of the season. Current Rating Rating at Season Start Difference Crusaders 17.01 17.95 -0.90 Chiefs 13.48 8.81 4.70 Blues 12.81 12.34 0.50 Hurricanes […] Super Rugby Predictions for the Quarter-finals first appeared on Stats Chat.  ( 5 min )
    Currie Cup Predictions for Round 14
    Team Ratings for Round 14 The basic method is described on my Department home page. Here are the team ratings prior to this week’s games, along with the ratings at the start of the season. Current Rating Rating at Season Start Difference Cheetahs 4.40 4.67 -0.30 Sharks 4.06 -1.30 5.40 Pumas 2.80 2.84 -0.00 Bulls […] Currie Cup Predictions for Round 14 first appeared on Stats Chat.  ( 5 min )
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    pricey but very cool as far as i’m concerned. y’all will be able to read 538 in three dimensions
    pricey but very cool as far as i’m concerned. y’all will be able to read 538 in three dimensions nitter.net/TechCrunch/status/1665812712771948546#m
    can’t tell you how many times i’ve had a conversation with an academic and they reference their “database” of research that’s just two (unlinked) excel files
    can’t tell you how many times i’ve had a conversation with an academic and they reference their “database” of research that’s just two (unlinked) excel files nitter.net/mjskay/status/1665729174214963200#m
    R to @gelliottmorris: another lesson in: not everything has to be statistics
    another lesson in: not everything has to be statistics
    not to be such a nerd but i think this is not a job for a “database.” a key mistake many data analysts make after finding a weak trend in easy to measure constructs is ignoring other variables (in this case, actual historical analysis) that explain deviation from the average
    not to be such a nerd but i think this is not a job for a “database.” a key mistake many data analysts make after finding a weak trend in easy to measure constructs is ignoring other variables (in this case, actual historical analysis) that explain deviation from the average nitter.net/jbouie/status/1665699127160631296#m
    one of my favorite memories from The Economist is when we took our us politics fellow out for drinks and made him name a senator from every state, and then he proceeded to name all 100 of them. legend
    one of my favorite memories from The Economist is when we took our us politics fellow out for drinks and made him name a senator from every state, and then he proceeded to name all 100 of them. legend nitter.net/jlazarus001/status/1665495017115271168#m
    empirically speaking, i would not have tweeted this based on the available evidence
    empirically speaking, i would not have tweeted this based on the available evidence nitter.net/jack/status/1665460519719895042#m
    if only there were a way for interested parties to talk to many voters about important topics at a high frequency, in an efficient manner, and in a way that (somewhat) ensured they represent the views of broader population…
    if only there were a way for interested parties to talk to many voters about important topics at a high frequency, in an efficient manner, and in a way that (somewhat) ensured they represent the views of broader population… nitter.net/semaforben/status/1665518271821500416#m
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    "Ultimately, we want to produce fruit from tomato meristem cells — undifferentiated cells from which new plant organs can grow — and skip using a plant entirely," explains Lucas van der Zee. https://go.nature.com/3CiPMTP
    "Ultimately, we want to produce fruit from tomato meristem cells — undifferentiated cells from which new plant organs can grow — and skip using a plant entirely," explains Lucas van der Zee. go.nature.com/3CiPMTP
    "Now is a crucial time for scientists and the public to educate state and local decision makers about how acutely we need wetlands," writes @swamp_prof. https://go.nature.com/440E64j
    "Now is a crucial time for scientists and the public to educate state and local decision makers about how acutely we need wetlands," writes @swamp_prof. go.nature.com/440E64j
    “The more we understand about primate genomics, the more we’ll understand about human genomics,” says @BioanthBehie. https://go.nature.com/3WS3wOQ
    “The more we understand about primate genomics, the more we’ll understand about human genomics,” says @BioanthBehie. go.nature.com/3WS3wOQ
    Winner of this year's science-fiction essay competition co-sponsored by Nature and @EULIFE_news: Human/Nature https://go.nature.com/3oL84do
    Winner of this year's science-fiction essay competition co-sponsored by Nature and @EULIFE_news: Human/Nature go.nature.com/3oL84do
    “As we kept sampling, we kept seeing more diversity and more bacteria,” says marine microbiologist Pierre Galand. https://go.nature.com/3CaSQRZ
    “As we kept sampling, we kept seeing more diversity and more bacteria,” says marine microbiologist Pierre Galand. go.nature.com/3CaSQRZ
    After 60 years of searching, mathematicians might have finally found a true single ‘aperiodic’ tile — a shape that can cover an infinite plane, but never make a repeating pattern https://go.nature.com/3Cd8hcv
    After 60 years of searching, mathematicians might have finally found a true single ‘aperiodic’ tile — a shape that can cover an infinite plane, but never make a repeating pattern go.nature.com/3Cd8hcv
    RT by @Nature: What does the US Supreme Court's Sackett v. EPA decision mean for wetlands, and what can you do about it? 🧵 on @swamp_prof's piece https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-01827-y
    What does the US Supreme Court's Sackett v. EPA decision mean for wetlands, and what can you do about it? 🧵 on @swamp_prof's piece nature.com/articles/d41586-0…
    “Women in science are survivors. We are still here and doing outstanding work despite having to waste our time, energy and intelligence to fight,” said one of the respondent replying to Nature’s International Women’s Day poll. https://go.nature.com/3Cc1j7v
    “Women in science are survivors. We are still here and doing outstanding work despite having to waste our time, energy and intelligence to fight,” said one of the respondent replying to Nature’s International Women’s Day poll. go.nature.com/3Cc1j7v
    The first gene therapy for muscular dystrophy nears approval, but will it work? https://go.nature.com/43Cl6sq
    The first gene therapy for muscular dystrophy nears approval, but will it work? go.nature.com/43Cl6sq
    Colombia’s ‘cocaine hippos’ are all descendants of three females and one male illegally imported by drug-cartel leader Pablo Escobar. After he died in the 1993, the hippos escaped from his estate and established themselves in the Magdalena River. https://go.nature.com/43CzLVb
    Colombia’s ‘cocaine hippos’ are all descendants of three females and one male illegally imported by drug-cartel leader Pablo Escobar. After he died in the 1993, the hippos escaped from his estate and established themselves in the Magdalena River. go.nature.com/43CzLVb
    Runner-up of this year's science-fiction essay competition co-sponsored by Nature and @EULIFE_news: The Eclosion Event https://go.nature.com/3oQaYgU
    Runner-up of this year's science-fiction essay competition co-sponsored by Nature and @EULIFE_news: The Eclosion Event go.nature.com/3oQaYgU
    There’s a cyclone raging at the north pole of Uranus https://go.nature.com/45NauZF
    There’s a cyclone raging at the north pole of Uranus go.nature.com/45NauZF
    Astrophysicist Frank Hsia-San Shu made seminal contributions to the understanding of galaxies and star formation, leaving a legacy of scientific work characterized by originality and deep insight. https://go.nature.com/3P0S1Db
    Astrophysicist Frank Hsia-San Shu made seminal contributions to the understanding of galaxies and star formation, leaving a legacy of scientific work characterized by originality and deep insight. go.nature.com/3P0S1Db
    Five of the best science books this week https://go.nature.com/3qtuAIj
    Five of the best science books this week go.nature.com/3qtuAIj
    Chatbots can debug and annotate code, translate programming languages and perform boilerplate operations. At the same time, ChatGPT "is also a robot with no consciousness, agency, morality, embodied cognition or emotional inner life,” says @amyjko. https://go.nature.com/3MU41DA
    Chatbots can debug and annotate code, translate programming languages and perform boilerplate operations. At the same time, ChatGPT "is also a robot with no consciousness, agency, morality, embodied cognition or emotional inner life,” says @amyjko. go.nature.com/3MU41DA
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    Chicken piccata takes a beloved food—pan-fried chicken cutlets—and tops it with a simple but luxurious lemon-butter pan sauce. https://www.seriouseats.com/chicken-piccata-italian-fried-cutlet-recipe?taid=647e68fad4faf0000138ec34&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    Chicken piccata takes a beloved food—pan-fried chicken cutlets—and tops it with a simple but luxurious lemon-butter pan sauce. seriouseats.com/chicken-picc…
    This take on mazemen, or "mixed noodles," a soup-less variation on ramen, incorporates powerfully savory XO sauce to make a flavorful ramen that takes all of five minutes to prepare. https://www.seriouseats.com/xo-mazemen-recipe?taid=647e5aeacf93b30001f10e3b&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    This take on mazemen, or "mixed noodles," a soup-less variation on ramen, incorporates powerfully savory XO sauce to make a flavorful ramen that takes all of five minutes to prepare. seriouseats.com/xo-mazemen-r…
    If you've got enough time to make a proper batch of French toast, then you've got enough time to throw in a pair of toppings that will take that French toast from Tuesday-morning staple to weekend blowout. https://www.seriouseats.com/french-toast-quick-blackberry-compote-recipe?taid=647e4cdbab5b670001f78568&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    If you've got enough time to make a proper batch of French toast, then you've got enough time to throw in a pair of toppings that will take that French toast from Tuesday-morning staple to weekend blowout. seriouseats.com/french-toast…
    Make a better version of grilled broccolini by using the intense heat of a charcoal chimney starter. https://www.seriouseats.com/charcoal-chimney-grilled-broccolini-with-xo-sauce?taid=647e30bacf93b300017d3c7d&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    Make a better version of grilled broccolini by using the intense heat of a charcoal chimney starter. seriouseats.com/charcoal-chi…
    Toasting the Rice Krispies and generously seasoning the bars balances the sweetness of the marshmallows, while brown butter adds rich, nutty flavor. https://www.seriouseats.com/rice-krispie-treats-recipe-7107746?taid=647e22aa137e4000012c2593&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    Toasting the Rice Krispies and generously seasoning the bars balances the sweetness of the marshmallows, while brown butter adds rich, nutty flavor. seriouseats.com/rice-krispie…
    Blistered in a dry wok, these stir-fried green chile peppers are fragrant, tender, and hot, hot, hot. https://www.seriouseats.com/tiger-skin-peppers-7507257?taid=647e149bab5b670001f773f5&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    Blistered in a dry wok, these stir-fried green chile peppers are fragrant, tender, and hot, hot, hot. seriouseats.com/tiger-skin-p…
    We've got everything from multiple types of fried chicken to classic Senegalese and Italian dishes. https://www.seriouseats.com/chicken-drumstick-recipes-7505723?taid=647df87a137e4000012c1a51&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    We've got everything from multiple types of fried chicken to classic Senegalese and Italian dishes. seriouseats.com/chicken-drum…
    The best ones easily opened bottle after bottle of wine, held their charge, and were a cinch to use. https://www.seriouseats.com/best-electric-wine-bottle-openers-6745966?taid=647dea6bab5b670001f768cb&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    The best ones easily opened bottle after bottle of wine, held their charge, and were a cinch to use. seriouseats.com/best-electri…
    We tested and compared two popular water bottles, evaluating their cold retention and durability and how easy they were to drink from. https://www.seriouseats.com/hydro-flask-vs-yeti-water-bottles-7107957?taid=647d339f137e4000012bf914&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    We tested and compared two popular water bottles, evaluating their cold retention and durability and how easy they were to drink from. seriouseats.com/hydro-flask-…
    From a smoky chickpea number with bacon and Cotija to a simple pairing of plump cranberry beans and tender poached salmon, these bean salads are anything but boring. https://www.seriouseats.com/bean-salad-recipes-for-summer?taid=647d258bcf93b300017cfa53&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    From a smoky chickpea number with bacon and Cotija to a simple pairing of plump cranberry beans and tender poached salmon, these bean salads are anything but boring. seriouseats.com/bean-salad-r…
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    36 work-related deaths due to environmental heat exposure in 2021 https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2023/36-work-related-deaths-due-to-environmental-heat-exposure-in-2021.htm #BLSdata
    36 work-related deaths due to environmental heat exposure in 2021 bls.gov/opub/ted/2023/36-wor… #BLSdata
    36 work-related deaths due to environmental heat exposure in 2021 https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2023/36-work-related-deaths-due-to-environmental-heat-exposure-in-2021.htm #BLSdata
    36 work-related deaths due to environmental heat exposure in 2021 bls.gov/opub/ted/2023/36-wor… #BLSdata
    Resilience through two recessions: veterans in the labor market since 2003 https://www.bls.gov/opub/btn/volume-12/resilience_through_two_recessions_veterans_in_the_labor_market_since_2003.htm #BLSdata
    Resilience through two recessions: veterans in the labor market since 2003 bls.gov/opub/btn/volume-12/r… #BLSdata
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    they had to take down the "lightning mcqueen" cars 2 statue because some one gave it a blow job
    they had to take down the "lightning mcqueen" cars 2 statue because some one gave it a blow job
    no its really cool to surrender to your most basic animal instincts and behave like a fucking Cartoon Character. Youre valid and interesting
    no its really cool to surrender to your most basic animal instincts and behave like a fucking Cartoon Character. Youre valid and interesting
    my most hated james bond theory is that yes there was a real life james bond but he died in saddam husseins tiger pit
    my most hated james bond theory is that yes there was a real life james bond but he died in saddam husseins tiger pit
    R to @dril: " having sex is a Performative action. " - The Pussy Skeptic
    " having sex is a Performative action. " - The Pussy Skeptic
    " there is no conclusive evidence that having sex is better than Jacking off " - The Pussy Skeptic
    " there is no conclusive evidence that having sex is better than Jacking off " - The Pussy Skeptic
    i dont think i can take my career much further unless I attain some sort of "Ultimate Form"
    i dont think i can take my career much further unless I attain some sort of "Ultimate Form"
    what if the main character of a tv show was a bad guy.......
    what if the main character of a tv show was a bad guy.......
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    remembering May 35th
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    remembering May 35th
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    Apple Vision Pro
    What do you all think? The post Apple Vision Pro appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments Most AR headsets get played with a lot, then collect dust on ... by Michael Thomas I’m not sold on this – strikes me as a gimmick. Maybe ... by anonprof Is it good/bad for your eyes? by peri From the early days of the Oculus through the intro today, I ... by Eddie The catch is in the “Pro.” Watching movies, moments of ... by Dzhaughn Plus 10 more... Related Stories Paul Krugman on AI Where the AI extinction warning goes wrong Why I am not entirely bullish on brain-computer interface  ( 6 min )
    Paul Krugman on AI
    Like previous leaps in technology, this will make the economy more productive but will also probably hurt some workers whose skills have been devalued. Although the term “Luddite” is often used to describe someone who is simply prejudiced against new technology, the original Luddites were skilled artisans who suffered real economic harm from the introduction of power […] The post Paul Krugman on AI appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments I was playing around with ChatGPT, and found that it is really ... by anonprof AGI doomerism is nothing but toy models! It imagines that the ... by andrew97 In reply to jmkd. It doesn't quite explain the discrepancy ... by hank In reply to Bill Allen. He's always wrong. That's the joke. ... by Reason Ironic, because “toy models” are often rigged to give the ... by Zach Plus 10 more... Related Stories The Growing Market for Cancer Drugs Population Dynamics and Economic Inequality Where the AI extinction warning goes wrong  ( 7 min )
    Monday assorted links
    1. “The aesthetic judgment factors differentiating human- and machine-generated art were all related to positive emotionality.” 2. Average age people in various nations lose their virginity.  “Iceland [Malaysia] fact of the day.” 3. The political beliefs of Native Americans? 4. Which are the most expensive license plates and why? 5. “But it’s not a realistic […] The post Monday assorted links appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments In reply to Plus a few mountains. The Battle of Teutoburg ... by Q In reply to Hazel Meade. Why would they do that? What is the ... by Newt Echer In reply to father biff. Until you get to read the underlying ... by Wondering 9. This is how American intelligence does disinformation. ... by Hazel Meade In reply to Brett. the cost overruns that basically every ... by RAD Plus 10 more...  ( 6 min )
    The Growing Market for Cancer Drugs
    In my TED talk on growth and globalization I said: If China and India were as rich as the United States is today, the market for cancer drugs would be eight times larger than it is now. Now we are not there yet, but it is happening. As other countries become richer the demand for these pharmaceuticals is going to […] The post The Growing Market for Cancer Drugs appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments In reply to Cecil Rokestam-Bourne. An interesting point. I ... by Dinwar In reply to rayward. I think the important part of what you ... by steve In reply to Ray. Seriously, it's so weird to me to watch ... by SC In reply to MikeP. ” it is likely that the vaccines' risk ... by Todd K In reply to sxb. “you can see the decline of Japan.” ... by Todd K Plus 10 more... Related Stories Population Dynamics and Economic Inequality Why I am not entirely bullish on brain-computer interface Orwell Against Progress  ( 7 min )
    Pristina notes
    Imagine a third-tier Ottoman city, accidentally elevated to the status of a national capital, and you have Pristina.  Furthermore, that is a pretty good thing!  The town is charming, walkable, and has first-rate street and cafe life.  There is one good monastery nearby and some quality Brutalist architecture.  My favorite site was the National Library […] The post Pristina notes appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments Kosovo is on the other side of the line for liberal ... by Steve D In reply to Tyler Cowen. Nobody beats Cowen when it comes to ... by So casual, a castle In reply to Tyler Cowen. Compared to the likely cost of a cab ... by Makes you wonder how much a decent hotel room in Zurich near the airport costs In reply to Dingdong. “There is no St. Tiffany” by Floydthebarber Hope you made it to Prizren too. Less capital-city energy, but ... by ben-canaan Plus 10 more... Related Stories Pristina, Kosovo bleg My excellent Conversation with Seth Godin Sri Lanka information bleg  ( 7 min )
    Population Dynamics and Economic Inequality
    Broad movements in American earnings inequality since the mid-20th century show a correlation with the working-age share of the population, evoking concerns dating to the 18th century that as more individuals in a population seek work the returns to labor diminish. The possibility that demographic trends, including the baby boom and post-1965 immigration, contributed to […] The post Population Dynamics and Economic Inequality appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments In reply to Oh no!. I guess it depends what you consider ... by Reading a book about this recently In reply to asdf. Definitely not, but it will substantially ... by Vulcidian In reply to TMC. It's possible that in some given case or on ... by M In reply to Dino the Isaurian. “Modernity and democracy ... by Formerly K In reply to Borderland. I think, henceforward and for some ... by peri Plus 10 more... Related Stories Paul Krugman on AI The Growing Market for Cancer Drugs Orwell Against Progress  ( 7 min )
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    RT by @tetraduzione: Amazing opportunity for those looking for a phd 👀 can personally verify that both Antonio and the School of Informatics in Edinburgh has excellent vibes
    Amazing opportunity for those looking for a phd 👀 can personally verify that both Antonio and the School of Informatics in Edinburgh has excellent vibes nitter.net/tetraduzione/status/1664725605877727234#m
    RT by @tetraduzione: Please join us!
    Please join us! nitter.net/TUDarmstadt/status/1665708672478064640#m
    RT by @tetraduzione: 🎉🚨PMLR proceedings for the Continual Causality AAAI-23 Bridge (https://www.continualcausality.org) are out: https://proceedings.mlr.press/v208/ First: catch up by reading our organizers' retrospective paper at the start! Then check an amazing set of papers that link continual learning + causality!
    🎉🚨PMLR proceedings for the Continual Causality AAAI-23 Bridge (continualcausality.org) are out: proceedings.mlr.press/v208/ First: catch up by reading our organizers' retrospective paper at the start! Then check an amazing set of papers that link continual learning + causality!
    RT by @tetraduzione: What is “it”? How different from saying “software will happen”? My rule of thumb: substitute “software” for “AI” and ask if there is any difference in a statement or claim.
    What is “it”? How different from saying “software will happen”? My rule of thumb: substitute “software” for “AI” and ask if there is any difference in a statement or claim.
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    “It would be hard to reach the levels we are seeing by just doing team training on the pitch. That extreme athleticism takes a high, high training age and a long term plan of development.” @DeasunO https://trainingground.guru/articles/des-ryan-athletic-development-at-arsenal-academy
    “It would be hard to reach the levels we are seeing by just doing team training on the pitch. That extreme athleticism takes a high, high training age and a long term plan of development.” @DeasunO trainingground.guru/articles…
    RT by @ground_guru: "I always say to people, ‘First team, easy!’ There are only a few players, one management team. Academy, much more complex! Many teams, many parents, many players. I jest a bit, but some of it is true." @DeasunO https://trainingground.guru/articles/des-ryan-athletic-development-at-arsenal-academy
    "I always say to people, ‘First team, easy!’ There are only a few players, one management team. Academy, much more complex! Many teams, many parents, many players. I jest a bit, but some of it is true." @DeasunO trainingground.guru/articles…
    The top clubs have these totems and it’s so important. Arsenal have Bukayo Saka. Man City have Phil Foden. Liverpool have Trent Alexander-Arnold. Man Utd have Marcus Rashford.
    The top clubs have these totems and it’s so important. nitter.net/ground_guru/status/1665632924836691969#m
    Will be sad if Chelsea sell Mason Mount, as looks increasingly likely. Not only a fantastic player but a flagbearer for their Academy, an example to all young players coming through. With club since age of 6/ values of club instilled in him from Neil Bath and his staff.
    Will be sad if Chelsea sell Mason Mount, as looks increasingly likely. Not only a fantastic player but a flagbearer for their Academy, an example to all young players coming through. With club since age of 6/ values of club instilled in him from Neil Bath and his staff.
    RT by @ground_guru: Importance of networking: "I did a conferences in the UK - Graham Smith’s ‘From Pain to Performance.’ A very clever man was there, @LewinPhysio and he heard me talk. He liked the topic, we chatted and then he asked me over to do a workshop." @DeasunO https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/50-des-ryan-athletic-development-of-academy-players/id1458881321?i=1000614476085
    Importance of networking: @LewinPhysio and he heard me talk. He liked the topic, we chatted and then he asked me over to do a workshop." @DeasunO podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcas…
    RT by @ground_guru: 🎧 @DeasunO on importance of performance specialists working in tandem with coaches: "@coach_roche_ worked brilliantly with Ken Gillard & Kwame Ampadu. Then it's: 'How can we create something in the session that helps athletic development to transfer?" https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/50-des-ryan-athletic-development-of-academy-players/id1458881321?i=1000614476085
    🎧 @DeasunO on importance of performance specialists working in tandem with coaches: @coach_roche_ worked brilliantly with Ken Gillard & Kwame Ampadu. Then it's: 'How can we create something in the session that helps athletic development to transfer?" podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcas…
    RT by @ground_guru: Tom will be speaking at our TGG Live conference in Manchester on October 9th https://trainingground.guru/articles/tgg-live-speakers-revealed
    Tom will be speaking at our TGG Live conference in Manchester on October 9th trainingground.guru/articles… nitter.net/ground_guru/status/1665600592775901184#m
    RT by @ground_guru: FCN Chairman Tom Vernon: “Silver medal for FC Nordsjaelland in the Danish Superliga and qualification to Europe. “We achieved this with the youngest team in world football and played 15 players from our Academies.”
    FCN Chairman Tom Vernon: nitter.net/FCNordsjaelland/status/1665422601819152385#m
    RT by @ground_guru: The first 7 days with Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors academy in Jeonju, South Korea has flown by. Great experience coaching the U12's and U18's! ⚽ 🇰🇷
    The first 7 days with Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors academy in Jeonju, South Korea has flown by. Great experience coaching the U12's and U18's! ⚽ 🇰🇷
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    RT by @SingularMattrix: Whatever copywriter at Apple came up with Nico finding and BATHING an entire family of raccoons is far more unhinged than I could ever dream of being
    Whatever copywriter at Apple came up with Nico finding and BATHING an entire family of raccoons is far more unhinged than I could ever dream of being  ( 1 min )
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    RT by @CookPolitical: WATCH: Despite bipartisan successes, Biden faces several 2024 hurdles, says @CookPolitical’s @amyewalter, which include: ➡His age ➡Unfulfilled student loan forgiveness promise ➡DACA handling ➡In 2020, half of Biden’s voters were moreso voting against Trump
    WATCH: Despite bipartisan successes, Biden faces several 2024 hurdles, says @CookPolitical’s @amyewalter, which include: ➡His age ➡Unfulfilled student loan forgiveness promise ➡DACA handling ➡In 2020, half of Biden’s voters were moreso voting against Trump
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    Ancient trees—some dating back more than 3000 years—are key to the survival of their forests. #WorldEnvironmentDay https://scim.ag/2Tx
    Ancient trees—some dating back more than 3000 years—are key to the survival of their forests. #WorldEnvironmentDay scim.ag/2Tx
    LSD and psilocin—the psychedelic compound in magic mushrooms—can produce an antidepressant response in mice through a molecular mechanism that is completely separate from the one responsible for hallucinogenic effects. https://scim.ag/2Tu
    LSD and psilocin—the psychedelic compound in magic mushrooms—can produce an antidepressant response in mice through a molecular mechanism that is completely separate from the one responsible for hallucinogenic effects. scim.ag/2Tu
    Researchers claim that Homo naledi, a small-brained human relative, buried its dead and made art long before our own species did. https://scim.ag/2To
    Researchers claim that Homo naledi, a small-brained human relative, buried its dead and made art long before our own species did. scim.ag/2To
    Beneath the Barberton Makhonjwa Mountains lies something more scientifically valuable than any precious metal: Earth’s first land ecosystem. #WorldEnvironmentDay https://scim.ag/2Ti
    Beneath the Barberton Makhonjwa Mountains lies something more scientifically valuable than any precious metal: Earth’s first land ecosystem. #WorldEnvironmentDay scim.ag/2Ti
    A team of scientists says it has nailed down the major symptoms of #LongCovid. https://scim.ag/2SK
    A team of scientists says it has nailed down the major symptoms of #LongCovid. scim.ag/2SK
    By tapping into existing air quality monitoring sensors, researchers have discovered a cheap way to census nearby species. https://scim.ag/2SI
    By tapping into existing air quality monitoring sensors, researchers have discovered a cheap way to census nearby species. scim.ag/2SI
    Many scientists are concerned that changes to the National Pesticide Use Maps database will make it far less useful. https://scim.ag/2Sk
    Many scientists are concerned that changes to the National Pesticide Use Maps database will make it far less useful. scim.ag/2Sk
    RT by @NewsfromScience: In Berlin, pioneering research into urban ecology has found surprising biodiversity in the city’s green spaces. Learn more on #WorldEnvironmentDay: https://scim.ag/2Sj
    In Berlin, pioneering research into urban ecology has found surprising biodiversity in the city’s green spaces. #WorldEnvironmentDay: scim.ag/2Sj
    Three years after then-President Donald Trump pressured NIH to suspend a research grant to a U.S. group studying bat coronaviruses with partners in China, the agency has restarted the award. https://scim.ag/2Sh
    Three years after then-President Donald Trump pressured NIH to suspend a research grant to a U.S. group studying bat coronaviruses with partners in China, the agency has restarted the award. scim.ag/2Sh
    It’s the first time a frog—or any amphibian—has been observed pollinating a plant. https://scim.ag/2Sf
    It’s the first time a frog—or any amphibian—has been observed pollinating a plant. scim.ag/2Sf
    Removing trash from the ocean may not be as harmless as it seems, according new research. https://scim.ag/2Sd
    Removing trash from the ocean may not be as harmless as it seems, according new research. scim.ag/2Sd
    New evidence suggests much of University of Rochester physicist Ranga Dias’s thesis was copied from other sources. https://scim.ag/2Sb
    New evidence suggests much of University of Rochester physicist Ranga Dias’s thesis was copied from other sources. scim.ag/2Sb
    When sea otters dig for clams in seagrass meadows, they leave a pockmarked “moonscape” in their wake. But this rough treatment may be doing the otherwise lush meadows a reproductive favor. #ScienceMagArchives https://scim.ag/2Sa
    When sea otters dig for clams in seagrass meadows, they leave a pockmarked “moonscape” in their wake. #ScienceMagArchives scim.ag/2Sa
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    Ruth Created an Award-Winning Blog to Help People: “What Allergy”
    It creates a regular income from affiliate links Continue reading on The Writing Cooperative »  ( 14 min )
    How To Land Writing Clients Without A Portfolio
    Here are 2 strategies (and a backup plan) to get clients without a portfolio Continue reading on The Writing Cooperative »  ( 10 min )
    Save the Melodrama for Your Mama, Not Your Readers
    Words of wisdom from a (mostly) reformed drama queen Continue reading on The Writing Cooperative »  ( 14 min )
    The “Hook” Is an Outdated Writing Concept
    I reject most articles without even reading the first word Continue reading on The Writing Cooperative »  ( 12 min )
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    Agricultural productivity might be improved by consideration of how the plant's circadian rhythm alters responses to the challenges posed by its environment. Learn more on #WorldEnvironmentDay: https://scim.ag/2Tw #ScienceReview
    Agricultural productivity might be improved by consideration of how the plant's circadian rhythm alters responses to the challenges posed by its environment. #WorldEnvironmentDay: scim.ag/2Tw #ScienceReview
    Hepatic stellate cells help maintain normal liver mass in mice by producing neurotrophin-3, a new @SciSignal study shows. The findings could one day help drive new therapies that control liver cell proliferation. https://scim.ag/2Tt
    Hepatic stellate cells help maintain normal liver mass in mice by producing neurotrophin-3, a new @SciSignal study shows. The findings could one day help drive new therapies that control liver cell proliferation. scim.ag/2Tt
    Humanity’s actions have committed us to a warming climate. Although there is no turning back, some paths are open to avoid catastrophic #ClimateChange. A special issue underscored the urgent choices we face to adapt. Learn more on #WorldEnvironmentDay: https://scim.ag/2Tn
    Humanity’s actions have committed us to a warming climate. Although there is no turning back, some paths are open to avoid catastrophic #ClimateChange. #WorldEnvironmentDay: scim.ag/2Tn
    "This work situation has given me the vibrant and varied workdays I was after. My schedule is constantly changing and the … projects I’m tasked to work on are always new, affording me opportunities to learn and grow." #ScienceWorkingLife @ScienceCareers https://scim.ag/2SL
    "This work situation has given me the vibrant and varied workdays I was after. My schedule is constantly changing and the … projects I’m tasked to work on are always new, affording me opportunities to learn and grow." #ScienceWorkingLife @ScienceCareers scim.ag/2SL
    The study of neuroscience and animal motor control has pivotally influenced robotic locomotion and has also helped robotics to inform basic science, according to a new @SciRobotics Review. https://scim.ag/2SF
    The study of neuroscience and animal motor control has pivotally influenced robotic locomotion and has also helped robotics to inform basic science, according to a new @SciRobotics Review. scim.ag/2SF
    Laws that establish legal rights for nature are being pursued in a growing number of countries to protect the environment. A new #ScienceReview examines key scientific aspects of rights-of-nature laws. Learn more on #WorldEnvironmentDay: https://scim.ag/2Sn
    Laws that establish legal rights for nature are being pursued in a growing number of countries to protect the environment. A new #ScienceReview examines key scientific aspects of rights-of-nature laws. #WorldEnvironmentDay: scim.ag/2Sn
    Scientists untangle how a compound found in many fruits and vegetables supports macrophages’ ability to clear out debris and apoptotic cells—a finding that may inform interventions for conditions involving impaired #efferocytosis. @SciSignal https://scim.ag/2Sg
    Scientists untangle how a compound found in many fruits and vegetables supports macrophages’ ability to clear out debris and apoptotic cells—a finding that may inform interventions for conditions involving impaired #efferocytosis. @SciSignal scim.ag/2Sg
    Several mammal species live in cold-water environments thanks to adaptations like blubber and large size. A notable exception is the sea otter—so how does it stay warm? A 2021 Science study found an answer: skeletal muscle thermogenesis. https://scim.ag/2Se
    Several mammal species live in cold-water environments thanks to adaptations like blubber and large size. A notable exception is the sea otter—so how does it stay warm? scim.ag/2Se
    Scientists have devised a combination treatment for glioblastoma that can eradicate this deadly brain cancer in mice—and that proved safe in people with glioblastoma. https://scim.ag/2Sc @ScienceTM
    Scientists have devised a combination treatment for glioblastoma that can eradicate this deadly brain cancer in mice—and that proved safe in people with glioblastoma. scim.ag/2Sc @ScienceTM
    "Concealing my struggles … hampered my ability to be my true self in the lab." https://scim.ag/2S9 @ScienceCareers
    "Concealing my struggles … hampered my ability to be my true self in the lab." scim.ag/2S9 @ScienceCareers
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    Are sperm counts declining? It's a surprisingly hard question to answer. https://trib.al/It66vsE
    Are sperm counts declining? It's a surprisingly hard question to answer. trib.al/It66vsE
    A “more-is-merrier” approach to computer chipmaking would create the vibrant and fast breakthroughs that America needs to succeed | Opinion https://trib.al/6jlYIqY
    A “more-is-merrier” approach to computer chipmaking would create the vibrant and fast breakthroughs that America needs to succeed | Opinion trib.al/6jlYIqY
    In India, children under 16 returning to school this month at the start of the school year will no longer be taught about evolution, the periodic table of elements or sources of energy. https://trib.al/CRPhgDB
    In India, children under 16 returning to school this month at the start of the school year will no longer be taught about evolution, the periodic table of elements or sources of energy. trib.al/CRPhgDB
    In an interview with Scientific American, author Melissa Sevigny discusses her book Brave the Wild River: The Untold Story of Two Women Who Mapped the Botany of the Grand Canyon https://trib.al/GQfbbP5
    In an interview with Scientific American, author Melissa Sevigny discusses her book Brave the Wild River: The Untold Story of Two Women Who Mapped the Botany of the Grand Canyon trib.al/GQfbbP5
    A key FEMA disaster fund and state insurance programs could run out of money to finance disaster recovery and pay claims, respectively, as hurricane and wildfire seasons begin https://trib.al/UfKiuGh
    A key FEMA disaster fund and state insurance programs could run out of money to finance disaster recovery and pay claims, respectively, as hurricane and wildfire seasons begin trib.al/UfKiuGh
    Examining dream content can assist in the diagnosis of psychiatric and neurological illnesses. https://trib.al/X3LgKOX
    Examining dream content can assist in the diagnosis of psychiatric and neurological illnesses. trib.al/X3LgKOX
    Thunderbirds were a big deal—so why did they die out? Learn how the prehistoric dromornithids earned their nickname in the third episode of Science, Quickly’s mini-series on monster birds with host 🎙️ @flichtman. 🎧 Listen on @spotifypodcasts 🔗 https://bit.ly/3J1dyrl
    Thunderbirds were a big deal—so why did they die out? @flichtman. @spotifypodcasts 🔗 bit.ly/3J1dyrl
    A state of torpor might rescue oxygen-starved brain cells or aid extended human space missions https://trib.al/z65XtMV
    A state of torpor might rescue oxygen-starved brain cells or aid extended human space missions trib.al/z65XtMV
    RT by @sciam: This Brooklyn girl loved talking to @MelissaSevigny about their new book BRAVE THE WILD RIVER for @sciam 🏞️ https://bit.ly/42iqXCc
    This Brooklyn girl loved talking to @MelissaSevigny about their new book BRAVE THE WILD RIVER for @sciam 🏞️ bit.ly/42iqXCc
    Chernobyl's adaptable canines, sewage sea spray in the U.S., hibernating germs on Everest, and much more in June's science news briefs. https://trib.al/DxAzQ4o
    Chernobyl's adaptable canines, sewage sea spray in the U.S., hibernating germs on Everest, and much more in June's science news briefs. trib.al/DxAzQ4o
    Mass shootings are causing widespread anxiety among Americans. A new screening tool could identify those who are impacted enough to need mental health support https://trib.al/Or9jyfx
    Mass shootings are causing widespread anxiety among Americans. A new screening tool could identify those who are impacted enough to need mental health support trib.al/Or9jyfx  ( 1 min )
    Analysis of more than 100 studies of non-invasive electrical brain stimulation probes whether the controversial technology works https://trib.al/bLg2SNy
    Analysis of more than 100 studies of non-invasive electrical brain stimulation probes whether the controversial technology works trib.al/bLg2SNy
    Nyswanderweg, a pinky-sized residential street in Hamburg, Germany, is easy to miss. Yet it's a rare and significant monument to Marie Nyswander. https://trib.al/SPuL1XY
    Nyswanderweg, a pinky-sized residential street in Hamburg, Germany, is easy to miss. Yet it's a rare and significant monument to Marie Nyswander. trib.al/SPuL1XY
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    Scaling audio-visual learning without labels
    A new multimodal technique blends major self-supervised learning methods to learn more similarly to humans.  ( 9 min )
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    RT by @pixelatedboat: The fact that the Apple Vision Pro projects a simulated passthrough image onto the faceplate instead of a real one may mean that it will continue to project the illusion of a living face for a user who has died while wearing the headset.
    The fact that the Apple Vision Pro projects a simulated passthrough image onto the faceplate instead of a real one may mean that it will continue to project the illusion of a living face for a user who has died while wearing the headset.
    RT by @pixelatedboat: I love it when guys text other guys “yo what’s up we’re doing crime” and it gets quoted in a lawsuit
    I love it when guys text other guys “yo what’s up we’re doing crime” and it gets quoted in a lawsuit
    RT by @pixelatedboat: how come the supermarket only ever has like 500 grams of rice or a 28 kg bag. here is two spoonfuls of rice and the next size up is a human man as fine and strong as any other made of rice
    how come the supermarket only ever has like 500 grams of rice or a 28 kg bag. here is two spoonfuls of rice and the next size up is a human man as fine and strong as any other made of rice
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    This Small-Brained Human Species May Have Buried Its Dead, Controlled Fire and Made Art
    Extraordinary claims about the small-brained human relative Homo naledi challenge prevailing view of cognitive evolution
    New Tool Tracks Military Deployments to Climate Disasters
    A new tool that tracks military deployments to climate disasters could shed light on how the traditional war-fighting mission is evolving under a warming climate
    The First Two Botanists Who Surveyed, and Survived, the Colorado River
    In an interview with Scientific American, author Melissa Sevigny discusses her book Brave the Wild River: The Untold Story of Two Women Who Mapped the Botany of the Grand Canyon
    To Reignite the U.S. Chip Industry, Invite More Chefs into the Kitchen
    A “more-is-merrier” approach to computer chipmaking would create the vibrant and fast breakthroughs that America needs to succeed
    Why Nuclear Fusion Won't Solve the Climate Crisis
    Nuclear fusion will scale up too late to avoid climatic catastrophe
    What Is the Future of Fusion Energy?
    Nuclear fusion won’t arrive in time to fix climate change, but it could be essential for our future energy needs
    How Dreams Reveal Brain Disorders
    Examining dream content can assist in the diagnosis of psychiatric and neurological illnesses. What does fighting off a lion mean?
    Ultrasound Puts Animals into a Curious Hibernation-Like State
    A state of torpor might rescue oxygen-starved brain cells or aid extended human space missions
    This Thunderous Goose Relative Was Built like a Tank with the Wings of a Songbird
    Officially, these prehistoric birds are the dromornithids, but everyone who studies them calls them thunderbirds—and for good reason.
    This Thunderous Goose Relative Was Built Like a Tank With the Wings of a Songbird
    Officially, these prehistoric birds are the dromornithids, but everyone who studies them calls them thunderbirds--and for good reason.
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    RT by @OptaAnalyst: 3 hours and 51 minutes…🤯 What a roller coaster match between Haddad Maia and Sorribes Tormo 🎢 Check out the players’ win probability throughout the match as well momentum and highlights #RolandGarros @OptaAce @OptaAnalyst @WTA_insider @WTA
    3 hours and 51 minutes…🤯 What a roller coaster match between Haddad Maia and Sorribes Tormo 🎢 #RolandGarros @OptaAce @OptaAnalyst @WTA_insider @WTA
    RT by @OptaAnalyst: Erik Spoelstra and the Heat were outdone in Game 1 of the NBA finals. They came back and won Game 2 with a game plan that involved a whole lotta Love. @matissa15 breaks it down in the Game 3 preview: https://theanalyst.com/eu/2023/06/nba-finals-game-3-preview-and-prediction-denver-nuggets-miami-heat/
    Erik Spoelstra and the Heat were outdone in Game 1 of the NBA finals. @matissa15 breaks it down in the Game 3 preview: theanalyst.com/eu/2023/06/nb…
    𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞 𝐀 𝐓𝐎𝐓𝐒: 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟐-𝟐𝟑 🇮🇹 With the curtain fully closed on the campaign, our Italian football data experts at @OptaPaolo have picked their best Serie A XI for 2022-23 based on the data. Here is the team & coach to lead them. ⬇️
    𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞 𝐀 𝐓𝐎𝐓𝐒: 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟐-𝟐𝟑 🇮🇹 @OptaPaolo have picked their best Serie A XI for 2022-23 based on the data. Here is the team & coach to lead them. ⬇️
    🎧Have you played the Opta Quiz podcast yet? 10 teasers about the 2022-23 Premier League season await. Listen & Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/opta-quiz/id1691049656 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3ffm6r8y7EtjToyE01INQg Others: https://linktr.ee/optaquiz https://theanalyst.com/eu/podcast/opta-quiz-no1-2022-23-premier-league-season/
    🎧Have you played the Opta Quiz podcast yet? podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas… open.spotify.com/show/3ffm6r… linktr.ee/optaquiz theanalyst.com/eu/podcast/op…
    We're at the semi-final stage of the U20 FIFA World Cup, so who are the leading players for chance creation and open play attacking involvements?
    We're at the semi-final stage of the U20 FIFA World Cup, so who are the leading players for chance creation and open play attacking involvements?
    RT by @OptaAnalyst: Looks like there's some transfer rumors concerning Loïs Openda. I wrote a mini profile about him back in Feb while he was in the midst of an awesome debut season in France https://theanalyst.com/na/2023/02/three-young-stars-in-ligue-1-you-need-to-know-about/
    Looks like there's some transfer rumors concerning Loïs Openda. I wrote a mini profile about him back in Feb while he was in the midst of an awesome debut season in France theanalyst.com/na/2023/02/th…
    2022-23 Analyst 50: Rewind ⏪ Back in July 2022, a selection of Opta data experts picked out their choice for players to watch in 2022-23 across the top five European leagues. So how did they do? 😬 https://theanalyst.com/eu/2022/07/players-to-watch-2022-23-analyst-50/
    2022-23 Analyst 50: Rewind ⏪ theanalyst.com/eu/2022/07/pl…
    How Good is Rasmus Hojlund? 🔥 Well, @SamMcGuire90's analysis of the rumoured Manchester United target gives you the perfect overview. #MUFC https://theanalyst.com/eu/2023/06/rasmus-hojlund-comparisons-to-erling-haaland-manchester-united-transfer/
    How Good is Rasmus Hojlund? 🔥 @SamMcGuire90's analysis of the rumoured Manchester United target gives you the perfect overview. #MUFC theanalyst.com/eu/2023/06/ra…
    R to @OptaAnalyst: Harry Kane's similarity score from 2022-23? Just 59%.
    Harry Kane's similarity score from 2022-23? Just 59%.
    🆕 Opta Quiz Podcast Test your football knowledge with our 10 teasers about the 2022-23 Premier League season. Listen and play along whenever and wherever you like. Find us and subscribe on your favourite podcast applications or download on our website. https://theanalyst.com/eu/podcast/opta-quiz-no1-2022-23-premier-league-season/
    🆕 Opta Quiz Podcast theanalyst.com/eu/podcast/op…
    Man City have been trailing for just 7% of the time in the Champions League this season - the lowest mark for any side in the competition.
    Man City have been trailing for just 7% of the time in the Champions League this season - the lowest mark for any side in the competition.
    RT by @OptaAnalyst: Karim Benzema's new side (according to reports) are the best football club in Asia, based on the Opta Power Rankings. ⬇️ 1: Al Ittihad (@ittihad) 🇸🇦 2: Al Hilal (@Alhilal_FC) 🇸🇦 3: Al Nassr (@AlNassrFC) 🇸🇦 4: Persepolis (@PersepolisFC) 🇮🇷 5: Ulsan 🇰🇷 https://theanalyst.com/eu/2023/06/who-are-the-best-football-team-in-the-world-opta-power-rankings/
    Karim Benzema's new side (according to reports) are the best football club in Asia, based on the Opta Power Rankings. ⬇️ @ittihad) 🇸🇦 @Alhilal_FC) 🇸🇦 @AlNassrFC) 🇸🇦 @PersepolisFC) 🇮🇷 theanalyst.com/eu/2023/06/wh…
    The player within the top five European leagues to have the closest similarity Opta radar to Karim Benzema in 2022-23 was... ... Kylian Mbappé (83% similarity score).
    The player within the top five European leagues to have the closest similarity Opta radar to Karim Benzema in 2022-23 was... ... Kylian Mbappé (83% similarity score).
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    Apple's new release points to an iPhone moment for 3D. A 3D internet will lead to a Cambrian explosion of new apps. @CSM_ai was started in anticipation of this + generative AI and gaming. Come join us at this critical inflection point -- https://jobs.polymer.co/common-sense-machines
    Apple's new release points to an iPhone moment for 3D. A 3D internet will lead to a Cambrian explosion of new apps. @CSM_ai was started in anticipation of this + generative AI and gaming. Come join us at this critical inflection point -- jobs.polymer.co/common-sense…
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    Hadler Shoe Tree in Perryville, Missouri
    Driving down a gravel road in rural Missouri, the last thing you would expect to see are several pair of shoes dangling above your windshield, but this is exactly what you will encounter while driving down this rural Perry County road.  The tree is just on the north side of the roadside ditch on County Road 324.  The origins stem from a trip taken in the early 2000s by the landowners to the state of Nevada where they encountered a similar tree with many pair of shoes dangling from the branches. The man chose a tree close to the road on his property and flung a pair of shoes in it. At family gatherings, he encouraged his descendants to do the same. Now it has become a point of curiosity. There are so many shoes in the tree it would be difficult to count. Some people make a wish before throwing their shoes, others write messages on their shoes like "self-doubt," "weight troubles," or a bible verse. The various types of shoes in the tree show a variety of footwear worn by the throwers. There are football cleats, running shoes, work boots, and basically anything that can catch itself on a branch in the tree.  Then there is the act of throwing, which is the best for getting the shoes attached without spending all day throwing them up in the air only to see them fall back down.  ( 13 min )
    The Buddha of 101 in Redwood City, California
    For at least a decade, a giant Buddha statue has watched over a stretch of U.S. 101 in Redwood City, California. The statue is not part of a temple complex or a garden. Instead, it is perched on top of a concrete shelter filled with dumpsters, in an office parking lot. Its origins are a mystery, but it must have been quite the feat to transport and situate the massive statue on top of the concrete shelter. It faces away from the parking lot and gazes out over the freeway. Despite the unusual location, the statue has become a site of worship. Visitors leave gifts along the statue's base, ranging from bottles of water to sticks of incense. Most drivers rushing through their commutes below likely have no idea that the watchful Buddha is sitting in such a humble spot.  ( 12 min )
    Our Lady of Ljeviš in Prizren, Kosovo
    Our Lady of Ljeviš is a medieval Serbian Orthodox church located in Prizren. The building is not only a place of worship but a symbol of national and cultural identity for the Serbian Orthodox community. Its inclusion as a UNESCO World Heritage site recognizes its importance as a testament to the region's medieval heritage and artistic legacy. The church was constructed at the beginning of the 14th century, during the Serbian medieval period, and is renowned for its Byzantine-influenced architecture. It showcases a unique blend of architectural styles, combining elements of Byzantine, Romanesque, and Gothic traditions. Having been built during the reign of the King of Serbia, Stefan Milutin, on the site of a former Byzantine church, it features frescoes by Byzantine Greek painters Michae…  ( 13 min )
    Time Ball Tower in Cape Town, South Africa
    Walking through the bustling Cape Town waterfront, you will see many old and new buildings, many of which have a maritime history. Perhaps one of the most important of these buildings is a tiny unsuspecting tower with a large ball on top of it.  This tower, aptly called the Time Ball Tower, is an 1894 time device similar to the one in the Greenwich Observatory in the United Kingdom, which was used to give a visual signal of the time to ships in the bay, as this was much more accurate than an auditory signal like those of the noon gun, simply because sound travels much slower than light. This was a vital task, as a ship's clock (or chronometer) was needed for navigation, and any drifts could blow a ship off course or worse.   The tower was initially built on the former Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope, but an 1860s expansion of the harbor obscured the old tower, which created the need for a new one. Initially this was a wooden tower, which was later replaced by the current model in 1894, which remained in use for another 40 years.  Since then the need for time balls dwindled, and so did their maintenance. The tower was used for a while as a signal repeater for the area, until it was declared a monument and restored in 1997. Since then the time ball has been operational again, and used on occasion.  ( 13 min )
    San Ginés Book Shop in Madrid, Spain
    An institution in the urban landscape of the center of Madrid, the San Ginés Book Shop is still going strong. This open-air bookstore is steeped in history. A stone's throw from one of the most famous places in Madrid for churros with chocolate is this picturesque bookstore. The San Ginés Book Shop is actually one of the oldest bookshops in Spain. It is situated in the scenic Pasadizo de San Ginés, between Calle Arenal and Calle Mayor, near the parish of the same name and Chocolatería de San Ginés Its beginnings can be traced to the 17th century when Diego Logroño, the first known bookseller, started his business in 1650. Old and used books are the store's expertise. Unique and exceptional copies are blended with city guides and political references on the tables set up at a street level, which—combined with the fantastic opportunities at reasonable prices—make this book sanctuary a haven for both collectors and curious shoppers.  ( 13 min )
    To Reduce Conflicts With Humans, Get Inside an Elephant's Head
    This story was originally published in Undark and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. In 2018, news spread around Saroj Duru’s village that four elephants had gathered at a nearby lake. Such creatures didn’t typically visit her region in central India—they were known to stay further north in more forested habitats—and so, out of curiosity, Duru and her neighbors walked down to see them. The elephants rested in the water as people jostled at the shore, trying to get a closer look. Others climbed trees for a better view. After an hour of savoring the thrill of seeing such large animals, Duru headed back home. She was not sure when she would see them again. Instead, that same day, a herd rampaged through the village’s farms. “They tore our boundary wall and tore up…  ( 30 min )
    Battle of Berg-en-dal Monument in Belfast, South Africa
    Just outside Belfast on the N4 highway sits this piercing war memorial. The monument was built in 1970 as a replacement for the original, much smaller, monument that was placed in 1930. This piercing, brutalist piece commemorates the Battle of Bergendal which took place in  August 1900. Thousands of British and Boer forces battled in what was the last set-piece battle of the Second Boer War. The battle resulted in the retreat of the Boer forces, more than 400 casualties, and Lord Roberts declaring the entire South African Republic as British territory.  The site is difficult to miss when passing from either direction on the N4. An additional monument sitting behind the main one also commemorates the lives of the British forces that were lost. There is some signage giving background on the events of the battle, but due to sun damage, it's difficult to read. The names of the lives lost on both sides remain forged on granite plaques around the memorial.  ( 12 min )
    Cine Doré in Madrid, Spain
    Cine Doré, inaugurated in 1912, is a modernist building that holds 1,250 spectators. The building underwent its first of many renovations in 1923 by architect Críspulo Moro Cabeza. The building lost part of its original glamor during the late 1930s and became a rather unattractive place, and for some time it was even known as the Sunflower Palace.  The façade is in a modernist style with six Ionic columns and a medallion surrounded by flowers. The Municipal Corporation acquired the cinema in 1982 and the Ministry of Culture used it as a stable location for projections for the Spanish Film Library. The restoration by architect Javier Feduchi began in 1982 and ended in 1989, with the cinema inaugurated on February 28 of the same year. There are two theories about the origins of the name, one attributing it to a tribute to Gustave Doré and the other to the first two musical notes. Its most recent restoration was led by the architect Javier Feduchi, who preserved the decorative and architectural elements of the old building adding a second room at the bottom. Since 1989, the Doré Cinema has served as the Spanish Film Library's projection space. It is used for both its programming and a variety of outreach initiatives that promote Spanish cinematography and cinema in general.  ( 13 min )
    That Dam (Black Stupa) in Vientiane, Laos
    Not a lot of historic landmarks in Vientiane remain in their original forms, having been numerous wars and invasions—particularly the Siamese onslaught of 1827 and the Indochina Wars that lasted for 55 years. A few exceptions are Wat Si Saket, a Buddhist temple built in 1818, and That Dam, an ancient stupa steeped in legend. Standing in the center of a roundabout near the Talat Sao morning market, the stupa is believed to be around 500 years old, though the exact date of construction remains uncertain. The name That Dam (not that dam) means “black tower” in Lao, based on its current status. However, it was not always darkened and overrun with weeds; local legends claim that it was once gilded over and that the gold was all stripped away by the Siamese invaders. Generally, stupas are built to enshrine Buddhist relics, most often the ashes of monks and nuns, sometimes of kings. In the case of That Dam, it is unknown what is buried inside, but locals whisper of an intriguing legend. According to them, lying dormant underneath the stupa is the Naga, a seven-headed serpent that will awaken whenever Vientiane faces a crisis. Many of them believe that it has protected the city from the 1827 invasion, as well as on other historical occasions. The stupa has fallen into disrepair since the Naga last showed itself, weather-worn and all but neglected, but there are still believers in the powerful serpent. In fact, some locals seem to continue to visit the ancient monument to dedicate flowers to the forgotten guardian of Vientiane, in hopes that its peaceful slumber will never again be disturbed.  ( 13 min )
    The War Childhood Musem in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
    Among the many museums in Sarajevo dedicated to the three-year siege of the city in the 1990s, the War Childhood Museum stands out for its unique focus on the children who experienced it firsthand. In this museum, there are no dry historical descriptions to be found—all the stories are told by the former children themselves. The exhibit contains 50 personal items belonging to locals who were children during the Siege of Sarajevo, ranging from toys to school books to emergency ration kits. Each object is connected to a story or memory from the war, which is told by its owner over a personal audioguide. The War Childhood Museum is an intimate and emotional look at how children of various ages experience growing up in a warzone. Aside from the permanent exhibition in Sarajevo, the museum also engages in research and advocacy work, including projects with children in Syria and Ukraine.  ( 12 min )
    Podcast: Fairy Castle
    Listen and subscribe on Stitcher, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all major podcast apps. In this episode of The Atlas Obscura Podcast, we visit Chicago, where a famous movie actress from the 1920s left the world a lasting piece of art: a remarkable miniature home that could be considered the city’s cutest piece of real estate. Learn more about it here. Our podcast is an audio guide to the world’s wondrous, awe-inspiring, strange places. In under 15 minutes, we’ll take you to an incredible site, and along the way you’ll meet some fascinating people and hear their stories. Join us daily, Monday through Thursday, to explore a new wonder with cofounder Dylan Thuras and a neighborhood of Atlas Obscura reporters.  ( 15 min )
    Puzzle Monday: How Swede It Is! Crossword
    Atlas Obscura's fortnightly crossword comes to us from creator Stella Zawistowski and editor Laura Braunstein, members of Inkubator, which publishes crossword puzzles by women and nonbinary constructors. You can see more puzzles in their book, Inkubator Crosswords: 100 Audacious Puzzles from Women and Nonbinary Creators. You can solve the puzzle below, or download it in .pdf or .puz. Note that the links in the clues will take you to Atlas Obscura pages that may contain the answer. Happy solving!  ( 8 min )
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    RT by @losthunderlads: I adore this vintage Penguin Classics ad
    I adore this vintage Penguin Classics ad
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    Rosenthal’s textbook: A First Look at Rigorous Probability Theory
    I’ve never taken a stats class. I was a math major, but dropped stats after I got appendicitis because I didn’t want to drop abstract algebra or computability theory. So here I am 40 years later trying to write up … Continue reading →  ( 16 min )
    Stan class at NYR Conference in July (in person and virtual)
    I (Jonah) am excited to be teaching a 2-day Stan workshop preceding the NYR Conference in July. The workshop will be July 11-12 and the conference July 13-14.  The focus of the workshop will be to introduce the basics of … Continue reading →  ( 8 min )
    “This is a story some economists like to tell . . .”
    I was thinking more about the this story, where a series of economists took an story based on someone’s childhood memories and elaborated upon it in different ways until it eventually appeared in a major journal in the field. A … Continue reading →  ( 20 min )
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    What needs to happen to link the Twin Cities and Duluth by passenger rail
    Plus: Teenager arrested for Maple Grove Middle School bomb threat; exit signs on Highway 100; Mayo Clinic redeveloping downtown Rochester; and more.  ( 7 min )
    U of M summer internship program was targeted by outside conservative activists
    Legal challenges from the right to “racial preference” programs in academia are on the rise, with organizations like the Equal Protection Project becoming more involved in the filing of court cases and complaints.  ( 15 min )
    2023 legislative session will have a profound and lasting impact
    By recognizing the importance of investing in higher education this session, the legislature has demonstrated its commitment to the future prosperity and well-being of our state.  ( 9 min )
    University of Minnesota research: Lack of family support adds to rural transgender adults’ health risks
    According to a recent University of Minnesota study, nearly half of rural transgender adults say they don’t get support from their families. It’s a reality that endangers their health.  ( 17 min )
    Drag performance in Minnesota theater from the 1880s through the 1920s
    Historically referred to as “male impersonation” or “female impersonation,” drag was a popular act in Minnesota theater reflecting the heyday of vaudeville nationally.  ( 14 min )
    The future of St. Paul’s riverfront begins with Shepard Road
    Downtown St. Paul is not famed for its riverfront. For 70 years, the banks of the river have been dominated by railroad tracks and a wide concrete highway. The only walking path is a narrow trench that feels uncomfortably close to fast traffic, if you can even access it.  ( 16 min )
    People Incorporated sees demand for mental health awareness training grow across all industries
    Organizations whose workers interacted with customers in public spaces, including Metro Transit, saw a need for more training.  ( 19 min )
    Mystery illness closes Eagan lake over the weekend
    Plus: Rochester building evacuated; St. Pauls' 16th homicide of 2023; Minneapolis City Council candidate continuing campaign despite DFL ban; and more.  ( 9 min )
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    Stan class at NYR Conference in July (in person and virtual)
    I (Jonah) am excited to be teaching a 2-day Stan workshop preceding the NYR Conference in July. The workshop will be July 11-12 and the conference July 13-14.  The focus of the workshop will be to introduce the basics of … Continue reading → Continue reading: Stan class at NYR Conference in July (in person and virtual)  ( 7 min )
    How to improve your storytelling with R
    Your success as a Data Scientist isn’t because of your coding skills. Your success is determined by how well you can persuade decision-makers to take action. And that’s a powerful skill that I’m going to help you with today: It’s called Storytelling. ... Continue reading: How to improve your storytelling with R  ( 15 min )
    Mastering file download in shiny
    You can read the original post in its original format on Rtask website by ThinkR here: Mastering file download in shiny Continue reading: Mastering file download in shiny  ( 10 min )
    Cricketr analyzes Ind-Aus faceoff in WTC 2023!!
    “The unexamined life is not worth living.” – Socrates “There is no easy way from the earth to the stars.” – Seneca “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” – African Proverb 1. Introduction In this post, I put my R package cricketr to analyze ... Continue reading: Cricketr analyzes Ind-Aus faceoff in WTC 2023!!  ( 59 min )
    Debunking the idea that cpp11 does not offer OpenMP support
    R and Shiny Training: If you find this blog to be interesting, please note that I offer personalized and group-based training sessions that may be reserved through Buy me a Coffee. Additionally, I provide training services in the Spanish language ... Continue reading: Debunking the idea that cpp11 does not offer OpenMP support  ( 11 min )
    Tidying the Freedom Index
    R and Shiny Training: If you find this blog to be interesting, please note that I offer personalized and group-based training sessions that may be reserved through Buy me a Coffee. Additionally, I provide training services in the Spanish language ... Continue reading: Tidying the Freedom Index  ( 25 min )
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    The Best Cutting Boards, According to Our Very Detailed Testings
    Buying the best chopping block or cutting board requires a comparison of material, size, price, maintenance, and ease of use.  ( 21 min )
    We Tasted 17 Instant Coffees and Found Many That Were Genuinely Great
    We tasted 17 instant coffees to find out which ones were the sweetest, most balanced, and had the most complex flavors.  ( 30 min )
    Our Favorite Deep Fryer from All-Clad Made the Crispiest Chicken Wings—And Now It’s 24% Off
    This deep fryer heats oil consistently, is easy to use, and has a built-in oil filter and drain.  ( 11 min )
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    Seminar on Applied Category Theory
    David Corfield is running a one-day Seminar on Applied Category Theory tomorrow, Tuesday June 6, 2023. I’ll give a gentle introduction to applied category theory – more about the history of the subject, what people are trying to do, and my own personal involvement than any actual math. It’s hybrid – you can attend using […]  ( 7 min )
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    Seminar on Applied Category Theory
    David Corfield is running a one-day Seminar on Applied Category Theory tomorrow, Tuesday June 6, 2023. I’ll give a gentle introduction to applied category theory – more about the history of the subject, what people are trying to do, and my own personal involvement than any actual math. It’s hybrid – you can attend using […]  ( 7 min )
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    Elon Musk Had Fun With Dogecoin
    Also an X IPO, online banking, hedge fund pay and temperature arbitrage.  ( 2 min )
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    the quote tweets on this post are proof that the only thing this app can agree on is the internet’s cringiest content
    the quote tweets on this post are proof that the only thing this app can agree on is the internet’s cringiest content nitter.net/y8czz/status/1665108678922444802#m
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    Dispute arises from effort to trademark phrase "Trump Too Small" to use on t-shirts for sale.
    Dispute arises from effort to trademark phrase "Trump Too Small" to use on t-shirts for sale. nitter.net/AHoweBlogger/status/1665713240481857540#m
    #SCOTUS grants review in Vidal v. Elster, a challenge to constitutionality of Section 2(c) of Lanham Act, which bars registration of trademark using someone else’s name without that person’s permission
    #SCOTUS grants review in Vidal v. Elster, a challenge to constitutionality of Section 2(c) of Lanham Act, which bars registration of trademark using someone else’s name without that person’s permission
    #SCOTUS releases orders from last week's conference, grants review in one new case. Order list is here: https://www.supremecourt.gov/orders/courtorders/060523zor_d1o3.pdf
    #SCOTUS releases orders from last week's conference, grants review in one new case. Order list is here: supremecourt.gov/orders/cour…
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    Bilingual road signs
    …in New Zealand. Phil Pennington, "Analysis: National opposed bilingual road signs, so what does the evidence say?", RNZ 62/2023: Analysis – Bilingual road signs send a signal – that the country values te reo Māori. But going bilingual was confusing and National would not support it, National's Simeon Brown told voters in blue-ribbon Tauranga recently. […]  ( 12 min )
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    Lunchtime reminder of today’s review of the financial impact of relegation from the Premier League #LCFC #LUFC #SaintsFC
    Lunchtime reminder of today’s review of the financial impact of relegation from the Premier League #LCFC #LUFC #SaintsFC nitter.net/SwissRamble/status/1665615029972922370#m
    RT by @SwissRamble: The financial impact of relegation from the Premier League, focusing on the three clubs that went down this season: Leicester City, Leeds United and Southampton #LCFC #LUFC #SaintsFC https://swissramble.substack.com/p/impact-of-relegation-from-the-premier
    The financial impact of relegation from the Premier League, focusing on the three clubs that went down this season: Leicester City, Leeds United and Southampton #LCFC #LUFC #SaintsFC swissramble.substack.com/p/i…
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    A Brief Cartoon History of the 2023 Debt Ceiling Crisis
    I’m not a fan of political cartoons. Like journalistic op-eds and cable news commentary, they’re a form of political entertainment designed to please partisan audiences with simplified and exaggerated interpretations of complex issues. Simplified and exaggerated also defines cartoons, so adding politics blurs style and content. I’ve been watching how national cartoonists have visually depicted … … Continue reading →  ( 8 min )
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    “Flagrant and frankly, inexcusable” data duplication leads to retraction
    A biochemistry study has been retracted nearly a year after a whistleblower found significant overlap between the article and one published in a different journal by the same research group. The study, “Berberine ameliorates renal injury in diabetic C57BL/6 mice: Involvement of suppression of SphK–S1P signaling pathway,” appeared in the journal Archives of Biochemistry and … Continue reading “Flagrant and frankly, inexcusable” data duplication leads to retraction  ( 10 min )
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    Condensed sets/abelian groups etc are in Lean's maths library! https://leanprover-community.github.io/mathlib4_docs/Mathlib/Condensed/Basic.html We've had Lean code for them kicking around for a year or more, but that was in an independent project. Getting them into the maths library is a community seal of approval.
    Condensed sets/abelian groups etc are in Lean's maths library! leanprover-community.github.… We've had Lean code for them kicking around for a year or more, but that was in an independent project. Getting them into the maths library is a community seal of approval.
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    Amid Gaps in Oversight, Mood-Altering Mushroom Sales Bloom
    Products with extracts from the iconic Amanita muscaria mushroom have cropped up at stores and online retailers in several states. Though they are advertised to people hoping to ease anxiety, depression, or joint pain, no human clinical trials of the mushroom’s safety or effectiveness have been conducted.  ( 13 min )
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    Marble Run
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    "Former President Donald Trump is not only in the driver's seat for the Republican nomination, but it's hard to see an easy way for any other candidate to wrest the wheel from him." @amyewalter on the state of the GOP primary: https://www.cookpolitical.com/analysis/national/national-politics/checking-gop-primary
    "Former President Donald Trump is not only in the driver's seat for the Republican nomination, but it's hard to see an easy way for any other candidate to wrest the wheel from him." @amyewalter on the state of the GOP primary: cookpolitical.com/analysis/n…
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    fusing simulation with data science [18-19 July 2023]
    In collaboration with the Met Office, my friend and Warwick colleague Rito Dutta is co-organising a two-day workshop in Warwick in July on the use of statistics and machine learning tools in weather prediction. Attendance is free, but registration needed for tea breaks.  ( 6 min )
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    fusing simulation with data science [18-19 July 2023]
    In collaboration with the Met Office, my friend and Warwick colleague Rito Dutta is co-organising a two-day workshop in Warwick in July on the use of statistics and machine learning tools in weather prediction. Attendance is free, but registration needed for tea breaks.  ( 6 min )
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    RT by @ground_guru: 特にラ・リーガのアカデミー10年計画が気になる🧐
    特にラ・リーガのアカデミー10年計画が気になる🧐
    RT by @ground_guru: Booked ✅ Looking forward to this ⚽️
    Booked ✅ nitter.net/ground_guru/status/1663853128926613509#m
    RT by @ground_guru: Really enjoyed this interview 👍
    Really enjoyed this interview 👍
    "I have a video of Bukayo (Saka) and he was U11s. People slag me because he’s doing ladders and hurdles, but that is good for that age for co-ordination." @DeasunO | TGG Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/50-des-ryan-athletic-development-of-academy-players/id1458881321?i=1000614476085
    "I have a video of Bukayo (Saka) and he was U11s. People slag me because he’s doing ladders and hurdles, but that is good for that age for co-ordination." @DeasunO | TGG Podcast podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcas…
    RT by @ground_guru: 💛❤️ Graeme Souness is leading title celebrations for Galatasaray! Waving the iconic flag that he planted in the centre-circle of Fenerbahçe's stadium after winning the Turkish cup back in 1996. https://twitter.com/GalatasaraySK/status/1665433614169800710/video/1
    💛❤️ Graeme Souness is leading title celebrations for Galatasaray! nitter.net/GalatasaraySK/st…
    RT by @ground_guru: This is good: Ange Postecoglou, soon to be appointed Tottenham's new manager, interviewed by @edsulley from @HudlAnalysis during his time at Yokohama Marinos High Performance Insights https://vimeo.com/410251328
    This is good: @edsulley from @HudlAnalysis during his time at Yokohama Marinos vimeo.com/410251328
    RT by @ground_guru: Great episode. Always interesting interviews ⁦@ground_guru⁩ ⁦@SundayShare10⁩ https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/training-ground-guru-podcast/id1458881321?i=1000602622532
    Great episode. Always interesting interviews ⁦@ground_guru⁩ ⁦@SundayShare10⁩ podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcas…
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    This homemade ginger liqueur tastes so elegant that people will not believe you made it yourself. https://www.seriouseats.com/diy-ginger-liqueur-make-your-own-canton?taid=647d096cdb776900014a71fa&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    This homemade ginger liqueur tastes so elegant that people will not believe you made it yourself. seriouseats.com/diy-ginger-l…
    Meet the device that unlocks your hot-beverage dreams all day long. https://www.seriouseats.com/electric-water-pot?taid=647cfb70f0166400013ba317&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    Meet the device that unlocks your hot-beverage dreams all day long. seriouseats.com/electric-wat…
    Inspired by Levain Bakery, these giant chocolate chip cookies are a dessert of epic proportions. https://www.seriouseats.com/super-thick-chocolate-chip-cookie-recipe?taid=647ced69d4faf00001389e4c&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    Inspired by Levain Bakery, these giant chocolate chip cookies are a dessert of epic proportions. seriouseats.com/super-thick-…
    Here are the pros and cons of some of the most popular mixing, kneading, folding, and shaping methods. https://www.seriouseats.com/sourdough-how-to?taid=647cd136f0166400013b9c12&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    Here are the pros and cons of some of the most popular mixing, kneading, folding, and shaping methods. seriouseats.com/sourdough-ho…
    We tested 10 food storage containers (plastic and glass) to find out which ones were the most durable, leak-proof, and easiest to stack and store. https://www.seriouseats.com/best-food-storage-containers-6750861?taid=647cc32cdb776900014a665a&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    We tested 10 food storage containers (plastic and glass) to find out which ones were the most durable, leak-proof, and easiest to stack and store. seriouseats.com/best-food-st…
    Buying whole chickens and butchering them at home is easy, economical, and opens up a world of possibilities. It also can make you a better cook. https://www.seriouseats.com/better-cook-buy-whole-chickens-cut-up-pieces?taid=647ca6fcab5b670001f72bab&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    Buying whole chickens and butchering them at home is easy, economical, and opens up a world of possibilities. It also can make you a better cook. seriouseats.com/better-cook-…
    Out of all the many classic American food items claimed to have been invented at the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis, only one truly has a connection to it: the ice cream cone. But it probably didn't start with a rolled-up waffle. https://www.seriouseats.com/ice-cream-cone-history?taid=647c98ec137e4000012bddb4&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    Out of all the many classic American food items claimed to have been invented at the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis, only one truly has a connection to it: the ice cream cone. But it probably didn't start with a rolled-up waffle. seriouseats.com/ice-cream-co…
    Salty, sweet, pungent, and slightly spicy, this chicken stir-fry makes a great introduction to Cambodian food. https://www.seriouseats.com/cambodian-chicken-stir-fry-recipe?taid=647c7ccff016640001f23bf6&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    Salty, sweet, pungent, and slightly spicy, this chicken stir-fry makes a great introduction to Cambodian food. seriouseats.com/cambodian-ch…
    After testing 20 milk frothers, we named the Golde Superwhisk our favorite handheld model. https://www.seriouseats.com/golde-superwhisk-review-7496941?taid=647be21b137e4000012bc1dc&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    After testing 20 milk frothers, we named the Golde Superwhisk our favorite handheld model. seriouseats.com/golde-superw…
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    And all the way from East London to Zurich, here’s ⁦@theboybleach⁩ doing their thing. Support the support band 👊
    And all the way from East London to Zurich, here’s ⁦@theboybleach⁩ doing their thing. Support the support band 👊
    Great, sweaty gig by ⁦@simpleplan⁩ at Xtra in Zürich this evening 🇨🇦
    Great, sweaty gig by ⁦@simpleplan⁩ at Xtra in Zürich this evening 🇨🇦
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    Why Artists Want to Murder You When You Give Them Notes (or: How to Give Artists Better Notes)
    Notes are almost always painful for the artist, which has a lot to do with how bad most of us — including artists — are at giving them Continue reading on The Writing Cooperative »  ( 18 min )
    Seduction Is the Key to Unlock Your Creative Potential as A Creator
    It’s how you leave them coming back for more Continue reading on The Writing Cooperative »  ( 11 min )
    5 Hidden Traps Ensnaring New Writers (And How To Dodge Them)
    These dead ends are easy to avoid if you know where to look. Continue reading on The Writing Cooperative »  ( 13 min )
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    The 2017 establishment of the largest marine protected area in North America—Mexico’s Revillagigedo National Park—has not harmed industrial fishing, according to a new analysis in @ScienceAdvances. https://scim.ag/2S5
    The 2017 establishment of the largest marine protected area in North America—Mexico’s Revillagigedo National Park—has not harmed industrial fishing, according to a new analysis in @ScienceAdvances. scim.ag/2S5
    "I was late learning about science; I didn’t even know what research was until I was 20 years old. For much of my scientific training I feared I was behind my peers. But I have been able to close the gap—and that is something to be proud of." https://scim.ag/2RU
    "I was late learning about science; I didn’t even know what research was until I was 20 years old. For much of my scientific training I feared I was behind my peers. scim.ag/2RU
    A recent Science study described the evolution of regulatory sequences in the human genome. https://scim.ag/2RQ #Zoonomia
    A recent Science study described the evolution of regulatory sequences in the human genome. scim.ag/2RQ #Zoonomia
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    A massive effort to sequence the DNA of Vikings across Europe was published in 2020. The study revealed family histories of Vikings who set forth—and died—far from home. #ScienceMagArchives https://scim.ag/2S3
    A massive effort to sequence the DNA of Vikings across Europe was published in 2020. The study revealed family histories of Vikings who set forth—and died—far from home. #ScienceMagArchives scim.ag/2S3
    Comb jellies may have descended from the "sister to all other animals." https://scim.ag/2RT
    Comb jellies may have descended from the "sister to all other animals." scim.ag/2RT
    Scientists exploring underwater caves have discovered a new species of moray eel that appears to be adapting to its unique habitat—by losing its eyes. https://scim.ag/2RN
    Scientists exploring underwater caves have discovered a new species of moray eel that appears to be adapting to its unique habitat—by losing its eyes. scim.ag/2RN
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    RT by @pixelatedboat: Let’s check in on the owner of this platform’s likes
    Let’s check in on the owner of this platform’s likes  ( 1 min )
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    Daniel Ellsberg Is Dying. And He Has Some Final Things to Say. https://politi.co/3MOxZce via @politico
    Daniel Ellsberg Is Dying. And He Has Some Final Things to Say. politi.co/3MOxZce via @politico
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    The volume and speed of AI being rolled out could have unsettling consequences. 🎧 On this episode of Tech, Quickly, why people are so concerned about Generative AI? Listen now on @spotifypodcasts 🔗 https://bit.ly/424sJXj
    The volume and speed of AI being rolled out could have unsettling consequences. @spotifypodcasts 🔗 bit.ly/424sJXj
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    What should I ask Ada Palmer?
    I will be doing a Conversation with her.  She is a unique thinker and presence, and thus hard to describe.  Here is a brief excerpt from her home page:  I am an historian, an author of science fiction and fantasy, and a composer. I teach in the History Department at the University of Chicago. Yes, […] The post What should I ask Ada Palmer? appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments In reply to rayward. Neither one is insidious, because ... by You can relax which ex-director of federal bureau of dodgy eye balls(harvard) ... by community notes In reply to JFA. If our species is part of nature why do we ... by surfie Why does she find de Sade interesting? by John Palmer has written about stoicism, wealth and their ... by Tony Plus 10 more... Related Stories My excellent Conversation with Seth Godin Orwell Against Progress How the Russian Revolution boosted Marx’s influence  ( 6 min )
    Sunday assorted links
    1. From Kyjnghyun Cho, total sanity on AGI risk. 2. The Bible is now banned in some Utah middle and elementary schools, due to violence and vulgarity. 3. “In a new analysis based on the latest telescope data, University of Florida astronomers have discovered that a third of the planets around the most common stars […] The post Sunday assorted links appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments In reply to M. Post-modern cultural spirit? – this was the ... by peri In reply to MT. Jeeez. Once a mother, it's not just a 6 month ... by Bazza In reply to Roger Sweeny. Perry lost me with the claim that ... by Neurotic In reply to M. #5:Perry: “For instance, in the UK, families ... by Dismalist In reply to Michael Tinkler. In Hebrew school, we learned ... by PaulD Plus 10 more...  ( 6 min )
    How the Russian Revolution boosted Marx’s influence
    Karl Marx’s high academic stature outside of economics diverges sharply from his peripheral influence within the discipline, particularly after nineteenth-century developments rendered the labor theory of value obsolete. We hypothesize that the 1917 Russian Revolution is responsible for elevating Marx into the academic mainstream. Using the synthetic control method, we construct a counterfactual for Marx’s […] The post How the Russian Revolution boosted Marx’s influence appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments In reply to Ben. I am arguing there was already an uprising ... by Moses Taylor In reply to Barry Stocker. Marx was one of the great ... by CD In reply to Ben. Is there evidence of this? Really, the key ... by CD In reply to Ricardo. “The October Revolution” would also ... by (Not That) Bill O'Reilly In reply to Ben. You really should be more specific as to ... by (Not That) Bill O'Reilly Plus 10 more... Related Stories What should I ask Ada Palmer? Orwell Against Progress Orwell’s Falsified Prediction on Empire  ( 6 min )
    Where the AI extinction warning goes wrong
    There is so much to say about this one, in my view it has been counterproductive for all those worried about AI safety.  Here is one excerpt from my latest Bloomberg column: Sometimes publicity stunts backfire. A case in point may be the one-sentence warning issued this week by the Center for AI Safety: “Mitigating  the risk of extinction […] The post Where the AI extinction warning goes wrong appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments In reply to Mark Bahner. Did the 'Black Death' show itself to ... by Bazza In reply to Scott Sumner. I recall a recent post (I didn't ... by Bazza In reply to blue jay. No you by Anon1 In reply to Mark Bahner. You could say the same things about ... by Anon1 In reply to Antony. My Geography teacher described the ... by Bazza Plus 10 more... Related Stories Why I am not entirely bullish on brain-computer interface The international competition heats up My excellent Conversation with Seth Godin  ( 8 min )
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    Inequalities, convergence, and continuity as “special deals”
    The “epsilon-delta” nature of analysis can be daunting and unintuitive to students, as the heavy reliance on inequalities rather than equalities. But it occurred to me recently that one might be able to leverage the intuition one already has from “deals” – of the type one often sees advertised by corporations – to get at […]  ( 15 min )
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    Inequalities, convergence, and continuity as “special deals”
    The “epsilon-delta” nature of analysis can be daunting and unintuitive to students, as the heavy reliance on inequalities rather than equalities. But it occurred to me recently that one might be able to leverage the intuition one already has from “deals” – of the type one often sees advertised by corporations – to get at […]  ( 15 min )
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    Greater China Co-Prosperity Sushi and Ramen Kitchen
    Shouldn’t that be Zhonghua Pan-Asian Kitchen Ramen Wok Premium Sushi? pic.twitter.com/tTUaWidjL3 — James Millward 米華健 (@JimMillward) June 4, 2023 The small, thin, spindly, inconspicuous characters at the top of the sign say: Hànzǔ Yàzhōu chúfáng 汉祖亚洲厨房 "Han heritage Asian kitchen" Hànzǔ 汉祖 probably refers to the first emperor of the Han Dynasty (202 BC-9 AD, […]  ( 8 min )
    Revelation: Scythians and Shang
    I was stunned when I read the following article in the South China Morning Post, both because it was published in Hong Kong, which is now completely under the censorial control of the People's Republic of China (PRC) / Chinese Communist Party (CCP), and because it raises some disturbing political issues and troubling linguistic problems. […]  ( 19 min )
    Annals of inventive pinyin: rua
    This exercise video shows a woman repeating the syllable "rua" to describe a move that she makes: Problem is that there's no Sinoglyph (hànzì 漢字 / 汉字) for writing that in Modern Standard Mandarin (MSM), although some might claim that it can be written with this character, ruó 挼 ("rub; knead; massage"). According to this table, "rua" is not a […]  ( 7 min )
    The rise (and fall?) of shiesties
    Last month I learned a new word, shiesty — which rhymes with feisty, as if it were written "sheisty" — because shiesties have been banned on the local transit system ("SEPTA"): Your browser does not support the audio element. Keith, I'm sure if you walked around Philadelphia, live in Philadelphia, work in Philadelphia, you've seen […]  ( 8 min )
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    All 11 Ari Aster Movies Ranked From Worst To Best
    Decades from now, film scholars will likely mention Ari Aster as one of the defining and most influential directors of our age, whose work not only swirls around genre conventions but re-defined arthouse cinema altogether. Despite his age, the 36-year-old has already established himself as a brand-name filmmaker with a strong authorial stamp. That lofty […]  ( 8 min )
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    Great opportunity! Amazing advisor, topics, and location.
    Great opportunity! Amazing advisor, topics, and location. nitter.net/tetraduzione/status/1664725605877727234#m
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    How Much Worry about Mass Shootings Is Too Much?
    Mass shootings are causing widespread anxiety among Americans. A new screening tool could identify those who are impacted enough to need mental health support
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    Job openings rate at 6.1 percent in April 2023 https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2023/job-openings-rate-at-6-1-percent-in-april-2023.htm #BLSdata
    Job openings rate at 6.1 percent in April 2023 bls.gov/opub/ted/2023/job-op… #BLSdata
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    a lot of reports that Neuralink users are being turned "Gay"
    a lot of reports that Neuralink users are being turned "Gay"
    "im not DRUNK! im watching TED LASSO behind the WHEEL !" i need a bumpter sticker that says exactly this
    "im not DRUNK! im watching TED LASSO behind the WHEEL !" i need a bumpter sticker that says exactly this
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    Sophie Morel has formalised the first half of her 2019 joint paper https://alco.centre-mersenne.org/articles/10.5802/alco.66/ in Lean 4. It took her a month; she had 0 Lean 4 experience when she started (but some Lean 3 experience). The formalisation is here https://github.com/smorel394/TS1 . Welcome aboard Sophie!
    Sophie Morel has formalised the first half of her 2019 joint paper alco.centre-mersenne.org/art… in Lean 4. It took her a month; she had 0 Lean 4 experience when she started (but some Lean 3 experience). The formalisation is here github.com/smorel394/TS1 . Welcome aboard Sophie!
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    RT by @tetraduzione: Highly recommend to those looking for a PhD position: great advisor, great topic, great location.
    Highly recommend to those looking for a PhD position: great advisor, great topic, great location. nitter.net/tetraduzione/status/1664725605877727234#m
    looking forward!
    looking forward! nitter.net/oanacamb/status/1665272185512968195#m
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    RT by @Zonal_Marking: A classic game of two halves in terms of the scoreline...but not in terms of the balance of play. Analysis of Barcelona 3-2 Wolfsburg in the @UWCL final. https://theathletic.com/4578823/2023/06/04/barcelona-didnt-panic-against-wolfsburg-why-would-they-when-their-plan-a-is-this-good/
    A classic game of two halves in terms of the scoreline...but not in terms of the balance of play. Analysis of Barcelona 3-2 Wolfsburg in the @UWCL final. theathletic.com/4578823/2023…
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    In the past fifty years, real life has caught up with Life of Brian.
    From a recent election report: Former friends and colleagues of Ms. Lake described her as a liberal and a Buddhist who had a close circle of gay friends before she entered politics. But as she ran for office, she refashioned … Continue reading →  ( 8 min )
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    linkylove 06-04-23
    Adel Faure Shroom.Ink RIBOSE John Johnston Les Orchard  ( 1 min )
    ‘better gradients through colour spaces’
    Polychroma [eoghanm]  ( 1 min )
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    Eden Hazard at Chelsea in 2018-19 (all comps) 3,877 Mins, 21 Goals & 17 Assists Eden Hazard at Real Madrid since 2019-20 (all comps) 3,737 Mins, 7 Goals & 9 Assists
    Eden Hazard at Chelsea in 2018-19 (all comps) 3,877 Mins, 21 Goals & 17 Assists Eden Hazard at Real Madrid since 2019-20 (all comps) 3,737 Mins, 7 Goals & 9 Assists
    theanalyst.com/eu/2023/05/da…
    theanalyst.com/eu/2023/05/da… nitter.net/UtdPlug/status/1665043077998821377#m
    R to @OptaAnalyst:
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    Lionel Messi, Neymar & Kylian Mbappé across all competitions for PSG in 2022-23.
    Lionel Messi, Neymar & Kylian Mbappé across all competitions for PSG in 2022-23.
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    Comment on April 2023 version of the notes by ravivakil
    In reply to Mark. Hm, I can't figure out what it should be either. I also found it on the web, and kept a copy in case it disappears. I tried to contact the author via a webform, but it didn't work. I've removed the link from the bibliography, but really wish there could be a canonical source. If I could contact the author, I'd recommend that he post it on the arXiv, where it could be preserved for posterity.  ( 12 min )
    Comment on April 2023 version of the notes by ravivakil
    In reply to Andrea. No, that makes sense! You're right; I've removed the "set brackets" and hope that what I mean will be clear. If you think another wording is better, please feel free to suggest something.  ( 12 min )
    Comment on April 2023 version of the notes by ravivakil
    In reply to david. That's a good point! I've answered that question on SE, and will fix it in the notes. Basically, I prefer not to go to the algebraic closure.  ( 12 min )
    Comment on April 2023 version of the notes by ravivakil
    In reply to Gabe O. Thanks! That was subtle, and resulted from some much-earlier changing of notation of "b" to "g". And then your comment made me realized that there were several related infelicities near there too, caused by the same change. Now fixed.  ( 12 min )
    Comment on April 2023 version of the notes by ravivakil
    In reply to Mahdi. Thanks, nice catch! Now fixed (in the version to be posted soon).  ( 12 min )
    Comment on April 2023 version of the notes by ravivakil
    In reply to Clemens. Thanks for catching that! Now fixed (in the version to be posted next, fairly shortly).  ( 12 min )
    Comment on December 2015 version by ravivakil
    In reply to oregontrailmixtape. Thanks, fixed! (Along with many other of your suggestions too.)  ( 16 min )
    Comment on December 2015 version by ravivakil
    In reply to thomasoldfield. Thanks, I've changed the exposition both to hopefully improve it, and also to downplay this --- it is psychologically an important result, but we actually never use it!  ( 16 min )
    Comment on December 2015 version by ravivakil
    In reply to thomasoldfield. Thanks, fixed!  ( 16 min )
    Comment on December 2015 version by ravivakil
    In reply to thomasoldfield. You are right, and now the degree is defined cohomologically shortly before this exercise (which is now 18.4.F, in the May 2023 edition of the notes).  ( 16 min )
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    The Benson Murder Case, by S. S. Van Dine
    A Manhattanite art connoisseur becomes an amateur detective as he assists his good friend, the District Attorney, in solving an unusual murder case.  ( 2 min )
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    Upcoming changes to popular R packages for spatial data: what you need to do
    The issue rgdal: a package that provides bindings to the GDAL and PROJ libraries. In other words, it gives a capability of rea... Continue reading: Upcoming changes to popular R packages for spatial data: what you need to do  ( 19 min )

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    The Beacon [jatp]
    Visit the post for more.  ( 6 min )
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    #Men2.0
    #Men2.0
    R to @dril: I have never seen a "Tiny Toon" . Not interested
    I have never seen a "Tiny Toon" . Not interested
    tiny toons in this house we watch normal sized toons
    tiny toons in this house we watch normal sized toons
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    The fossil was a prehistoric bird is called Pelagornis sandersi, and its wings stretched out twice as wide as those of the great albatross. https://trib.al/TYNEmJf
    The fossil was a prehistoric bird is called Pelagornis sandersi, and its wings stretched out twice as wide as those of the great albatross. trib.al/TYNEmJf
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    RT by @losthunderlads: Wise reflections by Francis Gavin on how nations are guided not by reason, but unspoken assumptions which amount often to nonsense, only to forget and move on…to new follies. https://tnsr.org/2023/05/unspoken-assumptions/
    Wise reflections by Francis Gavin on how nations are guided not by reason, but unspoken assumptions which amount often to nonsense, only to forget and move on…to new follies. tnsr.org/2023/05/unspoken-as…
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    Gender And Status
    Louise Perry, author of “The Case Against the Sexual Revolution”, responds to Bryan Caplan’s book “Don’t be a feminist”. Perry summarizes Caplan well here I think: Caplan offers an elegant alternative, one that he believes actually describes the meat of what twenty-first century Western feminism is all about: “the view that society generally treats men more fairly than women.” It’s a good definition in the sense that it identifies a point of disagreement between (at least some) feminists and (at least some) non-feminists. …
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    How to Pitch a Literary Agent
    Prepare for the exciting world of pitching agents, where you’ll boost your adrenaline and get real-time feedback (unlike querying). Continue reading on The Writing Cooperative »  ( 16 min )
    Q&A with Billy Ray: The Oscar-Nominated Filmmaker on How Donald Trump Changed How He Makes Art
    The writer-director with a journalist’s heart discusses telling true stories and Hollywood’s power to change the world Continue reading on The Writing Cooperative »  ( 25 min )
    Maybe Your Story isn’t Crap?
    Maybe your story is just ahead of its time. Continue reading on The Writing Cooperative »  ( 11 min )
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    Dog bites man: Indian wins spelling bee
    New old news: "Dev Shah wins 2023 Scripps National Spelling Bee by correctly spelling 'psammophile'"Chris BumbacaUSA TODAY (6/1/23) Another year, same story: The 2023 Scripps National Spelling Bee ended the old-fashioned way. Two competitors left on the stage. No spell-off required. Dev Shah, an eighth-grader from Largo, Florida, spelled "psammophile" correctly to win the 95th […]  ( 9 min )
    Pronouncing "DeSantis"
    The question of how to pronounce Ron DeSantis' last name — and the observation that the candidate, his wife, and his campaign have made different choices at different times — is among the more trivial bits of political flotsam recently washing up on the shores of social and political media. In fact the issue has […]  ( 14 min )
    Sinological formatting
    I recently received this book: Sūn Sīmiǎo, Sabine Wilms.  Healing Virtue-Power: Medical Ethics and the Doctor's Dao.  Whidbey Island WA:  Happy Goat Productions, 2022. ISBN:  978-1-7321571-9-4 website As soon as I started to leaf through the volume, I was struck by its unusual format and usages:  every Chinese character is accompanied by Hanyu Pinyin phonetic […]  ( 11 min )
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    Since first evolving 350 million years ago, the tongue has taken myriad forms, unlocking new niches and boosting the diversity of life. Learn more in this @NewsfromScience feature: https://scim.ag/2RL @ScienceVisuals
    Since first evolving 350 million years ago, the tongue has taken myriad forms, unlocking new niches and boosting the diversity of life. @NewsfromScience feature: scim.ag/2RL @ScienceVisuals
    Preparing to work on your doctoral thesis over the summer? 📝 Take some of these tips from Ph.D. students on what did—and didn't—work for them. #ScienceMagArchives @ScienceCareers https://scim.ag/2RB
    Preparing to work on your doctoral thesis over the summer? 📝 #ScienceMagArchives @ScienceCareers scim.ag/2RB
    Hibernating brown bears rarely suffer from blood clots despite 6 months of immobilization. A new Science study has revealed a factor that appears to protect the animals against this immobility-associated thrombosis. Learn more: https://scim.ag/2Rw, https://scim.ag/2Rx
    Hibernating brown bears rarely suffer from blood clots despite 6 months of immobilization. scim.ag/2Rw, scim.ag/2Rx
    Recent work on modular reconfiguration of #DNAorigami assemblies could be used to inform the development of molecular robots. Learn more in @SciRobotics: https://scim.ag/2Rq
    Recent work on modular reconfiguration of #DNAorigami assemblies could be used to inform the development of molecular robots. @SciRobotics: scim.ag/2Rq
    Soil microbiota transplanted from more stressful environmental conditions, such as drought or excessive heat or cold, can enhance tree tolerance to changing climates, researchers report in Science. 📄: https://scim.ag/2Rn #SciencePerspective: https://scim.ag/2Ro
    Soil microbiota transplanted from more stressful environmental conditions, such as drought or excessive heat or cold, can enhance tree tolerance to changing climates, researchers report in Science. scim.ag/2Rn #SciencePerspective: scim.ag/2Ro
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    The so-called Danish Golden Age of painting, which lasted from about 1800 to 1850, coincided with a particularly beer-crazed era for the nation. https://scim.ag/2RJ
    The so-called Danish Golden Age of painting, which lasted from about 1800 to 1850, coincided with a particularly beer-crazed era for the nation. scim.ag/2RJ
    Zebrafish live for less than a year, but new research finds that extending the length of the chromosomes in their guts kept them healthy into old age. https://scim.ag/2RC
    Zebrafish live for less than a year, but new research finds that extending the length of the chromosomes in their guts kept them healthy into old age. scim.ag/2RC
    The scientists behind the research propose that flushing oxygen into the rectum could one day help save human lives if conventional ventilation methods are unavailable. #ScienceMagArchives https://scim.ag/2Rs
    The scientists behind the research propose that flushing oxygen into the rectum could one day help save human lives if conventional ventilation methods are unavailable. #ScienceMagArchives scim.ag/2Rs
    Aided by hundreds of newly sequenced genomes and an extensive database of dog DNA, researchers were able to glean details about Balto’s size, appearance, and stamina not captured in historical photos of the famed canine. https://scim.ag/2Rr
    Aided by hundreds of newly sequenced genomes and an extensive database of dog DNA, researchers were able to glean details about Balto’s size, appearance, and stamina not captured in historical photos of the famed canine. scim.ag/2Rr
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    Sam Bowman on French success
    But Ben Southwood has convinced me that France is rich because it gets the big things basically right. Housing supply there is freer: the overall geographic extent of Paris’s metropolitan area roughly tripled between 1945 and today, whereas London’s has grown only a few percent. Infrastructure is better: 29 French cities have trams, versus 11 […] The post Sam Bowman on French success appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments You can sum up the difference between France and Britain much ... by Casey In reply to dan1111. London’s housing affordability is ... by Ben In reply to rayward. Spending 20% of our GDP on healthcare vs ... by Fazal Majid In reply to Rami. That’s just because the definition of ... by Fazal Majid In reply to Slocum. Slocum wrote: >”Fair enough — a ... by vmsmith Plus 10 more... Related Stories Orwell Against Progress Orwell’s Falsified Prediction on Empire Acemoglu on the Turkish polity and economy  ( 6 min )
    Saturday assorted links
    1. Johnny Cash and Josef Stalin. 2. Noah Smith’s current take on libertarianism. 3. New Larry Summers talk on fiscal policy. 4. The business of giving private concerts to rich people (New Yorker). 5. Amitai Etzioni, RIP (NYT). 6. Japan patent fact of the day.  Yikes. 7. Kaija Saariaho, RIP (NYT). 8. Legal bank stablecoins […] The post Saturday assorted links appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments In reply to Dismalist. I don’t know about policy influence, ... by gVOR08 In reply to Dismalist. Bush famously attempted to privatize ... by Sure In reply to Michael Thomas. When an upper age limit is put on ... by The world will have gotten serious about aging In reply to MikeP. On March 5th, 1953, while on duty, Staff ... by RAD still underrated cornpoops biden running for re-election is ... by community notes Plus 10 more...  ( 6 min )
    Who gains from corporate tax cuts?
    Goods producers increase their capital expenditure and employment in response to a cut in marginal corporate income tax rates or an increase in investment tax credits. In contrast, companies in the service sector mostly use any tax windfall to increase dividend payouts. We base our conclusions on a novel measure of U.S. firm-specific tax shocks […] The post Who gains from corporate tax cuts? appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments In reply to Alamo. If the choice were to eliminate corporate ... by Vulcidian In reply to Vulcidian. Dubious claims – the corporate tax ... by Alamo In reply to Dorey. Because there are better – more ... by Alamo In reply to Rich Berger. I think this is misleading. A big ... by aaron In reply to Rich Berger. One wonders whether CBO models ... by guizot Plus 10 more...  ( 6 min )
    Why I am not entirely bullish on brain-computer interface
    I agree that miracles may well be possible for disabled individuals, but I am less certain about their more general applicability.  Here is one excerpt from my latest Bloomberg column: Another vision for this technology is that the owners of computers will want to “rent out” the powers of human brains, much the way companies […] The post Why I am not entirely bullish on brain-computer interface appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments Jeeze, this is off the mark. When we have stable, safe Brain ... by Reason In reply to M. ... by M In reply to Dino the Isaurian. Unionisation, unfortunately. by M In reply to M. I’d have more faith in the viability of ... by Dino the Isaurian In reply to M. Sisyphus the autonomous car builder. That's ... by rayward Plus 10 more... Related Stories Two Podcasts Sam Bowman on French success The international competition heats up  ( 7 min )
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    On the Senate side, @JessicaTaylor takes a new look at GOP recruiting wins and stops so far. https://www.cookpolitical.com/analysis/senate/senate-overview/taking-stock-gops-senate-recruitment-wins-and-stops-so-far
    On the Senate side, @JessicaTaylor takes a new look at GOP recruiting wins and stops so far. cookpolitical.com/analysis/s…
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    R to @beenwrekt: The self-driving car industry has thrown billions of dollars at this vanity experiment. They have yielded a dangerous public nuisance. When is enouugh enough?
    The self-driving car industry has thrown billions of dollars at this vanity experiment. They have yielded a dangerous public nuisance. When is enouugh enough?
    R to @beenwrekt: The city estimates that Waymo's injury rate is 1.3 times higher than human drivers.
    The city estimates that Waymo's injury rate is 1.3 times higher than human drivers.
    R to @beenwrekt: 18 documented incidents of interfering with the work of firefighters.
    18 documented incidents of interfering with the work of firefighters.
    R to @beenwrekt: The cars are less safe than people and there is no mechanism to revoke their licenses.
    The cars are less safe than people and there is no mechanism to revoke their licenses.
    R to @beenwrekt: The real story of AI is regulatory capture.
    The real story of AI is regulatory capture.
    R to @beenwrekt: The brief filed by the city, and many on-the-ground reports, detail how unsafe these cars are. https://sfstandard.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/SF-Comments-on-Waymo.pdf
    The brief filed by the city, and many on-the-ground reports, detail how unsafe these cars are. sfstandard.com/wp-content/up…
    It's crazy that a random state regulatory board is going to allow expansion of self-driving experiments in SF despite the protest of the city. https://sfstandard.com/transportation/state-commission-poised-to-approve-24-7-robotaxis-in-san-francisco-despite-local-objections/
    It's crazy that a random state regulatory board is going to allow expansion of self-driving experiments in SF despite the protest of the city. sfstandard.com/transportatio…
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    Catch up on all the new #BLSdata and publications that came out this week! https://www.bls.gov/opub/update.htm
    Catch up on all the new #BLSdata and publications that came out this week! bls.gov/opub/update.htm
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    this is why polls exist
    this is why polls exist nitter.net/DavidSacks/status/1664788807059660800#m
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    Good goal.
    Good goal.
    Seeing good football graphs in print 😍(by @jburnmurdoch)
    Seeing good football graphs in print 😍(by @jburnmurdoch)
    RT by @Zonal_Marking: Always give 110%
    Always give 110%
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    Junk science: It’s not just for Ted talks, NPR features, and airport bestsellers. It can also ruin people’s lives.
    Russ Lyons points us to this disturbing article by Brett Murphy, “They Called 911 for Help. Police and Prosecutors Used a New Junk Science to Decide They Were Liars.” Here’s how the story goes: Tracy Harpster, a deputy police chief … Continue reading →  ( 10 min )
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    Science News Briefs from around the World: June 2023
    Chernobyl’s adaptable canines, sewage sea spray in the U.S., hibernating germs on Everest, and much more in this month’s Quick Hits
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    Simulating confounders, colliders and mediators by @ellis2013nz
    Motivation and key points So this tweet came across my feed. It refers to this article, Statistical Control Requires Causal Justification by Wysocki, Lawson and Rhemtulla, published in June last year (2022) in Advances in Methods and Practices in Psyc... Continue reading: Simulating confounders, colliders and mediators by @ellis2013nz  ( 27 min )
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    Weekend reads: How university rankings lead to bad science; how to report research misconduct; the impact of Retraction Watch reporting
    Would you consider a donation to support Weekend Reads, and our daily work? The week at Retraction Watch featured: Our list of retracted or withdrawn COVID-19 papers is up to more than 300. There are now 40,000 retractions in our database — which powers retraction alerts in EndNote, LibKey, Papers, and Zotero. The Retraction Watch Hijacked Journal Checker now contains 200 titles. And have you … Continue reading Weekend reads: How university rankings lead to bad science; how to report research misconduct; the impact of Retraction Watch reporting  ( 7 min )
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    A W, A Z, And A Top Quark
    The world of elementary particles has something in common with our own: there are large inequalities in the properties of particles, as in the properties of human beings. The heaviest particle, the top quark, with its estimated mass of 172 GeV is five orders of magnitude heavier than the most common matter constituents, the up and down quarks and the electron. Along with the top quark there are three other heavyweight particles that we currently call elementary -perhaps only a label we have to use because we haven't been able to split them further into smaller bits: the Higgs boson (125 GeV), the Z boson (91 GeV), and the W boson (80 GeV). read more  ( 5 min )
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    Proof the Binomial Model Converges to Black–Scholes
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    Binomial Options-Pricing Model
    The goal of this post is to present a simple formula for fairly pricing options, called the binomial options pricing model (Cox et al., 1979; Rendleman, 1979). This is sometimes called the Cox-Ross-Rubinstein model (CRR) after the authors’ surnames in (Cox et al., 1979). I like this model because it is a simple, discrete-time model that captures much of the intuition behind how to price options, while avoiding much of the mathematical machinery needed for a continuous-time treatment or Black–Scholes (Black & Scholes, 1973). Learning the binomial model is like climbing a smaller, easier mountain that gives views that are almost as good as its larger, more intimidating neighbor. As we will see, despite its simplicity this model introduces many important concepts from the options-pricing literature such as the no-arbitrage condition, pricing via replication, and the risk-neutral measure. And it does so without any advanced mathematics.  ( 30 min )
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    Your Book Review: Why Machines Will Never Rule the World
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    Just < Not the same as it was
    I listened to this Harry Styles song dozens of times on the radio, and every time I heard him sing "You know it's just the same as it was" over and over: It was only after watching the video and reading the subtitles that I realized he was saying "You know it's not the same […]  ( 7 min )
    Austronesian languages of Taiwan
    Handbook of Formosan Languages (Online): The Indigenous Languages of Taiwan Editors: Paul Jen-kuei Li, Academia SinicaElizabeth Zeitoun, Academia SinicaRik De Busser, National Taiwan Cheng-Chi University Leiden:  Brill, 2023 Outright Purchase: € 2249 / US dollars 2495Subscription: € 350 / US dollars 390 A print version is forthcoming (September 2023 ; 3 vols, ~ 2200 pp.) […]  ( 8 min )
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    Sarabha's Creamery in Nashville, Tennessee
    Between Nashville’s iconic Music Row and Vanderbilt University, Sarabha's Creamery, the city's first homemade Indian-style ice cream shop, quietly works sweet, frozen magic from the second story of a nondescript strip mall. It’s the passion project of husband-and-wife duo Gursharan Singh and Manpreet Gill, who opened the parlor in 2022 after leaving jobs in tech. As Gill explained in an interview with Nashville Scene, the pair saw the empty storefront and decided to make the switch almost immediately.  The mango kulfi—reminiscent of a tropical creamsicle—is the perfect starter to a multi-course ice cream feast, and comes in flavors like malai (with cardamom and milk solids) and kesar pista (saffron with pistachios). It melts quickly, so it’s both logistically sound and extremely satisfying to lick it off the stick as quickly as possible.  The rest of the ice creams are equally stellar. Sarabhas’s incorporates less air into its Indian-style ice cream than a typical American scoop, giving it a texture more akin to gelato. Pair flavors such as rose tutti frutti, cardamom-scented Indian coffee, and paan nawabi (made with rose petals and cashews) in a crispy waffle cone or bowl, then wash it all down with a steaming masala chai. Visually, the star of the show is Sarabhas' vibrant falooda, which arrives brimming with malai ice cream, sweet basil seeds, vermicelli noodles, and jellied fruit bobbing a cup of ice-cold milk, all finished with a cherry and a swirl of fuchsia rose syrup. Originally invented in Persia more than 2,500 years ago, faloodeh is a dessert made from frozen vermicelli soaked in a rose syrup. Persians began arriving in India during the 8th century, so faloodeh had plenty of time to catch on, attain royal status, and then morph into a popular milkshake-like dessert, all while retaining almost exactly the same name—falooda.  ( 13 min )
    Brown's Diner in Nashville
    First housed inside an old mule-pulled trolley car, Brown’s Diner has changed hands three times since 1927 without losing its charm or its original ethos. Customers now have the option to dine on a covered patio area next to the old trolley, but the interior of the diner remains a time warp.  The concise menu sticks to the classics—Frito chili pies, wings, fried chicken plates—and does them well. But the cheeseburger, Brown's claim to fame, is what an old-school fast food burger aspires to be: a slender patty with a hint of char on the outside and a pink interior, blanketed in American cheese and Duke’s mayo. It costs less than $10, tastes like a million bucks, and can (and should) be ordered alongside a basket of ultra-crispy Tater Tots. The diner also bears the unusual distinction of having Nashville’s oldest beer license. Throughout its lifetime, generations of recording artists—from John Prine to Vince Gill—have played on its small stage and knocked back a cold one at the bar.  ( 12 min )
    Podziemne Miasto Osówka in Sierpnica, Poland
    During the final years of World War II, the Nazis forced thousands of prisoners to carve out an elaborate system of tunnels under Silesia's Owl Mountains. Almost all documentation related to the project was destroyed before the German surrender, meaning that the purpose and the true extent of these tunnels, codenamed Project "Riese" (or "Giant"), remain shrouded in mystery to this day. The secret tunnels under Silesia have attracted numerous treasure hunters over the years, convinced that somewhere under this low mountain range lies a trove of Nazi loot. Theories about the true purpose of the Silesian tunnels range from a secret underground train system to transport stolen gold and other treasures, to the final hiding place of the Amber Room, to a covert weapons lab working on the "Wunderwaffe," a top-secret new weapon under development by the Nazis. Most historians now believe that the tunnels were probably an attempt to move key factories underground and away from Allied bombing raids, but this hasn't stopped others from searching further. The full extent of the Nazi tunnel system under Silesia has yet to be uncovered, and the region continues to attract treasure hunters from all over the world, looking for new stores of Nazi gold. The tunnels were abandoned after the war, and for several decades, only experienced cavers and treasure hunters dared to explore the many underground complexes dug out during Project Riese. Beginning in the 2000s, however, many known sections of the tunnels have been secured and opened to the public. The most famous of the Silesian tunnels are the ones under Ksiaz castle, but more than a dozen other self-contained tunnel systems have been discovered throughout the Owl Mountains, notably in the modern Polish towns of Osówka, Rzeczka/Walim, Soboń, Jawornik, and Włodarz.  ( 13 min )
    Pinky Ring Pizza in Madison, Tennessee
    Wedged into a strip mall parking lot behind a Subway, this unassuming pizza parlor turns out 18-inch New York–style pies that could make Manhattan’s top pizzaiolos weak in the knees. Offerings lean unconventional, with standouts including the Esmerelda, featuring pistachio pesto, fig preserves, and charred lamb flank, and the Bianca, which tops a ricotta base with locally grown oyster mushrooms.  The real feat of nature, however, is the pickle pizza, which pairs slivers of kosher dill pickles with toasted garlic, ricotta cream, smoked provolone, and ranch. Recently, the kitchen crew has been experimenting with a plussed-up variation called the “Hot Matty.” Chef David Bonner, Jr., inspired by a cluster of daikon radish sprouts growing on the counter, whipped up a daikon-feta pesto and amp…  ( 13 min )
    Yay Yay's in Nashville, Tennessee
    The biscuits arrive in an unassuming disposable box, still gently warm and roughly the size of a softball. Served with honey butter, jam, and tangy-sweet house-made curd, they’re already superb, but used as the vehicle for a breakfast sandwich, they’re transcendent. From the fried chicken and waffles to the shrimp and grits, there’s no dead weight on the short, sharp menu at Yay Yay’s, but if you only have stomach capacity for one item, a biscuit needs to be a part of it.   Chef Charlotte Miller, who built up a reputation through catering for years, opened her first brick-and-mortar along with her business partner Jason Luntz in 2022. From its location on Jefferson Street, a historic commerce hub, to the wall murals, to the thoughtfully curated selection of books by Michael Twitty, Toni Tipton-Martin, and others, every facet of her café is a celebration of Black history and culture in Nashville. The airy, welcoming interior is ideal for a leisurely brunch or afternoon tea. The “Can You Say Yay Yay?” with fried green tomatoes, fried chicken, and pimiento cheese on a biscuit is absolutely as much of a triple-threat as it sounds like. The whole concoction is structurally unsound in the right way, with a biscuit crumb so ethereal that it begins to disintegrate almost as soon as it hits your fingers. You won’t mind—the messy sense of immediacy of this sandwich is part of its allure.  ( 13 min )
    Tinside Lido in Plymouth, England
    Tinside Lido is a famous outdoor swimming pool complex located on the waterfront in Plymouth. It holds historical significance as a Grade II listed building, adorning the city's edge to the English Channel.  The lido was opened in 1935 having been designed by the architect John Wibberley. It features an iconic Art-Deco style, with sleek lines, curved edges, and a stunning white façade. The design was influenced by the "ocean liner aesthetic" renowned during that era, with many of the U.K.'s seaside towns building lidos in the 1930s as an ode to the rise of popularity in sport and fitness. What makes this lido a must-visit is its heritage and beautiful curves, telling of history in its peeling paint and quaint 30s signage. Over the years, Tinside Lido has undergone periods of closure and renovation to maintain its historic charm and functionality. Like other lidos, it has had periods when it was abandoned and out of use. Fortunately, Plymouth's Tinside Lido is one of the lucky lidos that has not been subject to demolition. In 2003, the Tinside Lido underwent a major restoration, preserving its original features while incorporating modern facilities and amenities. Since then, it is functional in the summer months as a full-blown swimming pool that can be entered with a small fee.  ( 13 min )
    Jewish Ghetto Wall in Budapest, Hungary
    In 1944, the Jewish people in Budapest, much like those before them in major cities across Europe, were forced to live in a small 20-block area of the 7th district. Many tourists today will learn about the plight of Hungary's Jewish citizens through the history of the Dohány Street Synagogue (The Great Synagogue), the Holocaust Memorial, and the Hungarian Jewish Museum. There are also some more subtle remnants of the impact of the Nazi pogrom on the people of Budapest, if you know where to look. One of the more hidden memorials isn't entirely authentic, but its location is. The wall surrounding the Jewish ghetto was erected in November 1944 and destroyed in 2006. However, the 30-meter section that sits at the back of the courtyard at 15 Király Utca was reconstructed in 2010 (minus the original barbed wire) to serve as a permanent reminder of the tens of thousands who were forced to live in the area. You can find carefully placed stones and votive lamps along the wall in memory of the people who were interred there. A small plaque on the street describes the memorial wall in Hungarian, English, and Hebrew. Getting to the wall itself requires entering the courtyard of the private apartments currently occupying the location. Pass through the courtyard and continue out through the short tunnel to a second courtyard to find the remains of the wall and a small plaque showing a map of the original ghetto.  ( 13 min )
    The Last Versailles Border Stone in Wierzbno, Poland
    After World War I, the 1919 Treaty of Versailles brought the Polish state back into existence after 123 years of division and occupation by the Prussian, Austrian, and Russian empires, formalizing the borders of this resurrected Poland by carving out territory from these three failing imperial powers. Poland's new border was moved even further west after World War II, but during the interwar period between 1919 and 1939, its border with Germany followed more or less the same course as the provincial delimitation between modern Poland's Lubusz and Wielkopolska Voivodeships. This former international border is today overgrown with thick forests that conceal many old, fortified border crossings and bunkers which have become popular landmarks for local hikers. Only one of the original border markers from the Versailles era has survived to the present day, and it stands in a public park in the Polish village of Wierzbno. It's engraved with the date of the Versailles Treaty—June 28, 1919—as well as a "P" for Poland and a "D" for Deutschland (Germany). The actual border crossing was located about one kilometer further east along Poland's national road 24 where the Lubusz Voivodeship meets the Wielkopolska Voivodeship, and is commemorated with a small monument, an information board, and some crumbling ruins of the customs buildings that used to stand there.  ( 13 min )
    11 Hyper-Local, Unique Summer Activities From Around the World
    As temperatures start to rise and beaches start to fill, it seems summer has officially arrived—bring on the backyard barbecues and picture-perfect picnics (perhaps in a secluded Georgian graveyard)! This year at Atlas Obscura, we’re doing the sunny season a little differently. With the launch of our ongoing Summer of Wonder series, we’re delving into the marvels of the night sky, whimsical tales of the road, and curious animals we might encounter along the way. To celebrate this time of longer days and shorter pants, we recently asked readers on our Facebook page to tell us about their favorite spots to soak up the sun, unique summer traditions, the festival treats they can’t wait to try, and the summer adventures they’re planning. We collected some of our favorite responses below, from…  ( 19 min )
    Bon Scott's Grave in Palmyra, Australia
    Situated within the Fremantle Cemetery lies the final resting place of Ronald Belford "Bon" Scott, lead vocalist of the popular rock band AC/DC. Bon was born on July 9, 1946, in a town north of the Scottish city of Dundee. (You can find a bronze statue of the singer in Kirriemuir, where he spent the first few years of his life.) In 1952, at the age of six, he migrated to Australia with his family. They lived in Melbourne for a time before relocating to the Perth suburb of Fremantle. In 1974, he was asked to join the band AC/DC by Malcolm and Angus Young, two brothers from Glasgow and over a period of six years, Scott reached world fame through his performances as the lead singer of the band.  On February 19, 1980, Scott tragically passed away after leaving a nightclub and later falling asleep in his friend's car, with the coroner determining the cause of death to be acute alcohol poisoning. Scott's body was embalmed and his family decided to scatter his ashes at this site in Fremantle Cemetery. The memorial site includes a plaque and memorial bench and due to his contributions to the field of music, the National Trust of Australia has deemed this a site of cultural significance.  ( 12 min )
    The Dragon of Trutnov in Trutnov, Czechia
    The history of Trutnov is intimately bound with dragons, as even the shortest term visitor will notice. Dragons adorn businesses throughout the city center and comprise some of the city's most prominent statues. Depending on the time of year, you may even be lucky enough to see one hoisted from city hall. According to local legend, in 1006, shortly after Trutnov was founded, two stonecutters stumbled upon a dragon's den while searching the woods for building materials. They rushed back to town and informed a local knight, Lord Albrecht von Trautenberg. Although he was skeptical of their story, he went to investigate it for himself, bringing with him several men from the town armed with rope nooses to capture the beast. Using a lamb as bait, they lured the dragon from its lair and were able to subdue it before suffocating it to death with smoke. The dragon was then skinned, stuffed, and hung in the town square. In thanks to Lord Albrecht, the new city was supposedly named in his honor (Trautenau), and was later adapted into Czech as 'Trutnov'. Legend also has it that the stuffed dragon was gifted to Brno, and continues to hang in its city hall. Every year in the first weekend of May, the residents of Trutnov commemorate the slaying of the dragon in a ceremony called Už ho nesou ("They are already carrying him"), in which a tin dragon is symbolically hoisted up onto the facade of the city hall in the main square, where it remains until September or October. The ceremony itself is accompanied by a large public festival with food, drinks, and medieval costumes. Outsiders are rare, but are more than welcome.  ( 13 min )
    Quality Tomato Capital of the World Statue in Pittston, Pennsylvania
    In the 1930s Pittston, Pennsylvania, was dubbed the "Quality Tomato Capital of the World," because it fulfilled the high demand for tomatoes from metropolitan New York. In 1984 the city began the now-yearly Pittston Tomato Festival. Held every August, it includes a tomato fight, a tomato pageant, a tomato parade, and other tomato-centered activities. The tomato statue has become a sculptural salute to the fruit that the city adores. The city identifies as the “quality” tomato capital, not the “quantity” tomato capital.  ( 12 min )
    Riker Hill Art Park in Livingston, New Jersey
    In the 1950s, the site now known as Riker Hill Art Park was used as a United States Army Nike Missile Tracking Base. Its location, the highest elevation in the county, offered the perfect clear line defense against anyone attempting to target the New York Metro area. By the 1970s, due to advancements in weapons systems, these measures became obsolete, and in 1974, the base, known as Riker Hill Nike Battery Control Area NY-80, was sold to the county for $1. For a short time, the site was used to showcase dinosaur fossils that had been found nearby, in a quarry. But there was little interest from the public, and this was also closed down. Shortly after, the former army barracks were transformed into 38 artist studios, with the spaces now being used for various disciplines, such as sculpture, painting, photography, glass blowing, pottery, printmaking, ceramics, and more. Each of the buildings is painted a different color. Whilst taking a stroll around the 42-acre complex you can enjoy the scenic overlooks, check out the large metal sculptures, and also see if you can spot any military remnants.  ( 13 min )
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    Now behold! I am become carbs, destroyer of waistlines.
    Now behold! I am become carbs, destroyer of waistlines. nitter.net/WyattDuncan/status/1664480247830413312#m
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    If Rep. Mike Simpson opts to retire from his Trump +23 seat, look for a proxy war between Idaho’s pro-Simpson GOP establishment and the Freedom Caucus/Club for Growth. https://www.cookpolitical.com/analysis/house/idaho-house/2024-house-race-analysis-idaho
    If Rep. Mike Simpson opts to retire from his Trump +23 seat, look for a proxy war between Idaho’s pro-Simpson GOP establishment and the Freedom Caucus/Club for Growth. cookpolitical.com/analysis/h…
    NEW today: @amyewalter checks in on the GOP presidential primary and examines how Trump got into commanding control again. https://www.cookpolitical.com/analysis/national/national-politics/checking-gop-primary
    NEW today: @amyewalter checks in on the GOP presidential primary and examines how Trump got into commanding control again. cookpolitical.com/analysis/n…
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    R to @gelliottmorris: (note: this is not a business plan)
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    based on these rules the RNC is going to have to start paying for polling if they want a substantial sample of qualifying surveys for these purposes
    based on these rules the RNC is going to have to start paying for polling if they want a substantial sample of qualifying surveys for these purposes nitter.net/baseballot/status/1664717116807708672#m
    you’ve heard of the republican party’s “chaos caucus.” now meet the chaos congress
    you’ve heard of the republican party’s “chaos caucus.” now meet the chaos congress nitter.net/josephzeballos/status/1664628767568932868#m
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    Editorial: "If seven of the eight thresholds have been crossed, what does that mean for our still-feeble efforts to move to a more sustainable path?" https://go.nature.com/3IU6nRT
    Editorial: "If seven of the eight thresholds have been crossed, what does that mean for our still-feeble efforts to move to a more sustainable path?" go.nature.com/3IU6nRT
    Arab world's first asteroid hopper will visit seven space rocks https://go.nature.com/3ISCn8Y
    Arab world's first asteroid hopper will visit seven space rocks go.nature.com/3ISCn8Y
    There was “a very significant watering down of language in this draft compared to previous drafts”, says @SuerieMoon about the latest pandemic treaty draft. https://go.nature.com/3OQ4Yzq
    There was “a very significant watering down of language in this draft compared to previous drafts”, says @SuerieMoon about the latest pandemic treaty draft. go.nature.com/3OQ4Yzq
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    when the mario brothers mature version makes all the gamers in the world shit thier gamer panties i will only just simply smile
    when the mario brothers mature version makes all the gamers in the world shit thier gamer panties i will only just simply smile
    asking all girls if its ok to become Bi with them
    asking all girls if its ok to become Bi with them
    quick question about the posts im seeing. are these marketed towards me? are these Tailored to my interests? cant tell if theyre good or not
    quick question about the posts im seeing. are these marketed towards me? are these Tailored to my interests? cant tell if theyre good or not
    Friends - We need some positivity up on the time line. Maybe we can start by sharing mass media narratives that we think are actually good?
    Friends - We need some positivity up on the time line. Maybe we can start by sharing mass media narratives that we think are actually good?
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    How To Write Work That Gets Recognized
    Treat your writing seriously so others will too Continue reading on The Writing Cooperative »  ( 11 min )
    How Keeping a Daily Journal Makes You a Better Writer
    It’s all about having the raw materials for engaging personal stories Continue reading on The Writing Cooperative »  ( 11 min )
    From Templates to Prototypes
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    RT by @tetraduzione: Open PhD positions with Antonio Vergari here in the School of Informatics. Some really interesting topics and great advisor!
    Open PhD positions with Antonio Vergari here in the School of Informatics. Some really interesting topics and great advisor! nitter.net/tetraduzione/status/1664725605877727234#m
    more insights and open questions on the "calibration dilemma" in deep learning
    more insights and open questions on the "calibration dilemma" in deep learning nitter.net/PreetumNakkiran/status/1664302522083971072#m
    RT by @tetraduzione: Do you know which features are learned by contrastive learning and what are its failure modes? Check out this beautiful rigorous results to learn how simplicity bias of SGD changes the picture! Congrats @xue_yihao65785,@sjoshi804,Eric Gan,@pinyuchenTW on the #ICML2023 Oral!🎉🎉
    Do you know which features are learned by contrastive learning and what are its failure modes? Check out this beautiful rigorous results to learn how simplicity bias of SGD changes the picture! Congrats @xue_yihao65785,@sjoshi804,Eric Gan,@pinyuchenTW on the #ICML2023 Oral!🎉🎉 nitter.net/xue_yihao65785/status/1664029544930762752#m  ( 1 min )
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    The evolution of the nervous system may have followed multiple paths and risen independently in two early lineages of animals, found a recent Science study in comb jellies. The results offer a new perspective on neuronal networks and neurotransmission. https://scim.ag/2Rk
    The evolution of the nervous system may have followed multiple paths and risen independently in two early lineages of animals, found a recent Science study in comb jellies. scim.ag/2Rk
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    Orecchiette With Broccoli and Toasted Hazelnuts
    In this easy weeknight dinner, the classic pairing of orecchiette and broccoli gets a twist with a creamy turmeric sauce and crunchy toasted hazelnuts.  ( 14 min )
    We Tested Tea Infusers–These Four Stood Out
    After testing 10 tea infusers, we have top picks for both ball tea infusers and basket tea infusers.  ( 25 min )
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    RT by @ZoubinGhahrama1: I have fully-funded PhD positions (3.5 yrs) for troublemakers in #ML #AI who want to design the next gen of #probabilistic #models and #programs that are provably #reliable and #efficient Join @InfAtEd @EdinburghUni Email me! ✉️ Please share! 🔁 Apply 👉http://nolovedeeplearning.com/buysellexchange.html
    I have fully-funded PhD positions (3.5 yrs) for troublemakers in #ML #AI who want to design the next gen of #probabilistic #models and #programs that are provably #reliable and #efficient @InfAtEd @EdinburghUni nolovedeeplearning.com/buyse…
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    Has violent crime increased in Minnesota in recent years?
    After declining in 2018 and 2019, violent crime in Minnesota increased 17.2% in 2020 and 21.6% in 2021, according to Minnesota Department of Public Safety's 2021 statewide crime report.  ( 6 min )
    Xcel Energy approves rate hike lower than original proposed amount
    Plus: AG Ellison looking into Allina Health System; Target stock falls; layoffs at Shakopee facility; and more.  ( 6 min )
    Saluting the original television anchorman
    Over the years, Walter Cronkite became something of a national institution, with an unflappable delivery and a voice guiding viewers through national triumphs and tragedies alike.  ( 13 min )
    Fresh off legislative changes, Metro Transit launches safety plan to address light rail crime
    The new effort is in response to rising crime on light rail and at stations. It is also aimed at increasing ridership levels, which have not fully recovered after the pandemic.  ( 15 min )
    D.C. Memo: Centrist Dean Phillips helps GOP in debt ceiling drama, attempt to cut food stamps won’t
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    $14 million legislative aid package aims to help Windom amid planned closure of HyLife pork plant
    Most of the money is aimed at one stubborn issue plaguing cities across Greater Minnesota: workforce housing. And the aid got wrapped up in debate over helping Minneapolis rebuild in the wake of riots after the murder of George Floyd.  ( 14 min )
    Government agencies work to document the painful past of Indian boarding schools
    The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has earmarked $4 million to support the digitization of records from the United States’ system of 408 federal Indian boarding schools.  ( 11 min )
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    RT by @sciam: Medical guidance on when to start screening for breast cancer can seem bewildering, especially if you are in a high-risk group. Experts weigh in on mammogram recommendations and racial disparities in breast cancer deaths for my latest @sciam. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/when-should-you-get-a-mammogram/
    Medical guidance on when to start screening for breast cancer can seem bewildering, especially if you are in a high-risk group. Experts weigh in on mammogram recommendations and racial disparities in breast cancer deaths for my latest @sciam. scientificamerican.com/artic…  ( 1 min )
    RT by @sciam: a bit of news: i’ve been chosen to be part of the #Maynard200 program for 2023. looking forward to meeting all these wonderful newsmakers and working to lift each other up in building a more diverse and equitable profession
    a bit of news: i’ve been chosen to be part of the #Maynard200 program for 2023. looking forward to meeting all these wonderful newsmakers and working to lift each other up in building a more diverse and equitable profession nitter.net/MaynardInst/status/1664297496091164672#m  ( 1 min )
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    Does Brain Stimulation Boost Memory and Focus? Huge Study Tries to Settle Debate
    Analysis of more than 100 studies of non-invasive electrical brain stimulation probes whether the controversial technology works
    This Hurricane Season May See a Key FEMA Disaster Fund Run Out of Money
    A key FEMA disaster fund and state insurance programs could run out of money to finance disaster recovery and pay claims, respectively, as hurricane and wildfire seasons begin
    Newfound 'Quasi-Moon' Has Been Earth's Fellow Traveler for Thousands of Years
    Astronomers recently identified asteroid 2023 FW13 as a quasi-moon, a space rock orbiting the sun nearly in tandem with Earth
    Crewed Starliner Launch Delayed by Flammable Tape, Botched Parachutes
    Boeing's first Starliner flight for NASA astronauts was scheduled for July 21, but is now delayed—perhaps indefinitely
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    AI to Assist Mathematical Reasoning: A Workshop
    The National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Mathematics are hosting a virtual workshop on the topic of “AI to Assist Mathematical Reasoning” from June 12-14. The tentative program can be found here. I am one of the members of the organizing committee for this workshop, together with Petros Koumoutsakos, Jordan Ellenberg, Melvin Greer, Brendan Hassett, […]  ( 13 min )
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    AI to Assist Mathematical Reasoning: A Workshop
    The National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Mathematics are hosting a virtual workshop on the topic of “AI to Assist Mathematical Reasoning” from June 12-14. The tentative program can be found here. I am one of the members of the organizing committee for this workshop, together with Petros Koumoutsakos, Jordan Ellenberg, Melvin Greer, Brendan Hassett, […]  ( 13 min )
    Learning for a Living
    It’s a question I’ve now heard several times, in different forms. People hear that I’ll be hired as a researcher at an institute of theoretical physics, and they ask, “what, exactly, are they paying you to research?” The answer, with some caveats: “Whatever I want.” When a company hires a researcher, they want to accomplish […]  ( 10 min )
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    RT by @ground_guru: Parma are the latest club to recognise the benefits of integrating predictive Opta Vision metrics into its scouting, analysis & performance processes. @mathlacome tells @ground_guru how data sits at the heart of the club’s long-term strategic planning ⬇️ https://trainingground.guru/articles/mathieu-lacome-how-data-analytics-is-powering-parma-new-era
    Parma are the latest club to recognise the benefits of integrating predictive Opta Vision metrics into its scouting, analysis & performance processes. @mathlacome tells @ground_guru how data sits at the heart of the club’s long-term strategic planning ⬇️ trainingground.guru/articles…
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    RT by @OptaAnalyst: Six La Liga teams could still be relegated on the final day. 🤯The permutations are mind-bending 🔻Real Valladolid occupy the last relegation spot 📉Five clubs could be tied on 41 pts @RyanRyanBenson attempted to break it down as simply as possible... https://theanalyst.com/eu/2023/06/la-liga-relegation-permutations/
    Six La Liga teams could still be relegated on the final day. @RyanRyanBenson attempted to break it down as simply as possible... theanalyst.com/eu/2023/06/la…
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    Hey NORTH CAROLINA I’m on my way! I’ll be at the Carolina Theatre!
    Hey NORTH CAROLINA I’m on my way! I’ll be at the Carolina Theatre!
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    Friday assorted links
    1. Claudia Rosett, RIP. 2. Russell Hogg and Scott Sumner podcast on Japanese movies. 3. Foundations and Frontiers, some new essays on new technologies, by Anna-Sofia Lesiv. 4. “Meet the one-person team behind Antarctica’s longest-running newspaper, the Antarctic Sun.” 5. Benjamin Wallace-Wells on libertarianism (New Yorker). 6. The excellent Dan Senor podcasts with me. 7. How […] The post Friday assorted links appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments orwell also correctly predicted that the woke & pear-shaped in ... by Dr. jose X biden junios-alsatian, ph.d RIP Claudia Rosett, my sister, who was a true warrior for ... by Charles Rosett In reply to dan. Really? Sweden is generally considered to ... by MikeP In reply to Jermaine Ukraine. There are two exhibits on a ... by Equestrian In reply to Lord Action. I think for this advance of ... by sxb Plus 10 more...  ( 6 min )
    The international competition heats up
    Chinese startup MiniMax, working on AI solutions similar to that of Microsoft-backed OpenAI’s ChatGPT, is close to completing a fundraising of more than $250 million that will value it at about $1.2 billion, people familiar with the matter said. The deal comes amid a global AI buzz kicked off by ChatGPT that has spread to […] The post The international competition heats up appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.         Comments In reply to dan1111. During the Great Leap Forward years, the ... by Godfree Roberts is English a killer app for LLMs? I wonder if a chinese LLMs ... by alexiton In reply to Reason. This also helps contextualise why Saltman ... by Agreed In reply to N. If Tyler said the exact thing you claim he ... by dan1111 In reply to dan1111. Stubborn Attachments is probably a less ... by N Plus 10 more... Related Stories My excellent Conversation with Seth Godin It was just a simulation run…designed to create that problem The art of prompting is just at its beginning  ( 7 min )
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    Job openings rate at 6.1 percent in April 2023 https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2023/job-openings-rate-at-6-1-percent-in-april-2023.htm #BLSdata
    Job openings rate at 6.1 percent in April 2023 bls.gov/opub/ted/2023/job-op… #BLSdata
    What Is Seasonal Adjustment? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5crZlT5jM7U #BLSdata
    What Is Seasonal Adjustment? piped.video/watch?v=5crZlT5j… #BLSdata
    Understanding BLS Unemployment Statistics https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPCbBP7wJ6c #JobsReport #BLSdata
    Understanding BLS Unemployment Statistics piped.video/watch?v=BPCbBP7w… #JobsReport #BLSdata
    See our interactive graphics on today’s #JobsReport https://www.bls.gov/charts/employment-situation/ #BLSdata #DataViz
    See our interactive graphics on today’s #JobsReport bls.gov/charts/employment-si… #BLSdata #DataViz
    Payroll employment increases by 339,000 in May; unemployment rate rises to 3.7% https://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.nr0.htm #JobsReport #BLSdata
    Payroll employment increases by 339,000 in May; unemployment rate rises to 3.7% bls.gov/news.release/empsit.… #JobsReport #BLSdata  ( 1 min )
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    Introduction to Mixed-effects Models in R workshop
    Learn how to use mixed-effects models in R! Join our workshop on Introduction to Mixed-effects Models in R which is a part of our workshops for Ukraine series.  Here’s some more info:  Title: Introduction to Mixed-effects Models in R Date: Thursday, June 22nd, 18:00 – 20:00 CEST (Rome, Berlin, Paris timezone) Speaker: ... Continue reading: Introduction to Mixed-effects Models in R workshop  ( 12 min )
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    R to @beenwrekt: I'm sure this essay is in the training set. https://strikemag.org/bullshit-jobs/
    I'm sure this essay is in the training set. strikemag.org/bullshit-jobs/
    R to @beenwrekt: What's the subjective probability of us offloading all work on AIs, only for them to get fed up with the bullshit, quit their jobs, and start a commune in the Oregon woods?
    What's the subjective probability of us offloading all work on AIs, only for them to get fed up with the bullshit, quit their jobs, and start a commune in the Oregon woods?
    Too much discourse about existential risk of AI. Not enough discourse about existential crisis of AI. https://youtu.be/sa9MpLXuLs0
    Too much discourse about existential risk of AI. Not enough discourse about existential crisis of AI. piped.video/sa9MpLXuLs0
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    ‘Although quite an old project, it's still downloaded frequently.’
    Desktop2 [surlyville] I just pulled an old laptop out of the closet (from ‘98), which may be perfect for trying out this software - looking forward to playing with it… 😎  ( 1 min )
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    blme: Bayesian Linear Mixed-Effects Models
    The problem: When fitting multilevel models, the group-level variance parameters can be difficult to estimate. Posterior distributions are wide, and point estimates are noisy. The maximum marginal likelihood estimate of the variance parameter can often be zero, which is a … Continue reading →  ( 10 min )
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    Really enjoyed this, always a pleasure to chat with @Knox_Harrington.
    Really enjoyed this, always a pleasure to chat with @Knox_Harrington. nitter.net/TheAnfieldWrap/status/1664271167547666432#m
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    RT by @pixelatedboat: AI is making a far worse world already. Every time my son makes a mistake he apologizes using AI
    AI is making a far worse world already. Every time my son makes a mistake he apologizes using AI
    Happy new Protomartyr album day to those who celebrate
    Happy new Protomartyr album day to those who celebrate
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    For all the focus on the Freedom Caucus, opposition to the debt ceiling deal ended up being proportionately much higher among Senate Republicans (31 of 48) than House Republicans (71 of 220). Not part of negotiations + no need to show loyalty to McCarthy = more reason to vote no.
    For all the focus on the Freedom Caucus, opposition to the debt ceiling deal ended up being proportionately much higher among Senate Republicans (31 of 48) than House Republicans (71 of 220). Not part of negotiations + no need to show loyalty to McCarthy = more reason to vote no.
    Given how many times over the years the House has been forced to swallow a deal negotiated in the Senate, it's amusing to see the "now, wait just a minute here" attitude that arises once the shoe's finally on the other foot
    Given how many times over the years the House has been forced to swallow a deal negotiated in the Senate, it's amusing to see the "now, wait just a minute here" attitude that arises once the shoe's finally on the other foot

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    Unemployment rates were lower in April 2023 than a year earlier in 16 states https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2023/unemployment-rates-were-lower-in-april-2023-than-a-year-earlier-in-16-states.htm #BLSdata
    Unemployment rates were lower in April 2023 than a year earlier in 16 states bls.gov/opub/ted/2023/unempl… #BLSdata
    Unemployment rates were lower in April 2023 than a year earlier in 16 states https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2023/unemployment-rates-were-lower-in-april-2023-than-a-year-earlier-in-16-states.htm #BLSdata
    Unemployment rates were lower in April 2023 than a year earlier in 16 states bls.gov/opub/ted/2023/unempl… #BLSdata
    Understanding Unit Labor Costs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJGl04elEPI #BLSdata #Productivity
    Understanding Unit Labor Costs piped.video/watch?v=XJGl04el… #BLSdata #Productivity
    What is #productivity? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_kX5KKCJoU #BLSdata
    What is #productivity? piped.video/watch?v=y_kX5KKC… #BLSdata
    See our interactive graphics on today’s new #BLSdata on #Productivity and #Costs https://www.bls.gov/charts/productivity-and-costs/ #DataViz
    See our interactive graphics on today’s new #BLSdata on #Productivity and #Costs bls.gov/charts/productivity-… #DataViz
    Productivity decreases 2.1% in Q1 2023; unit labor costs increase 4.2% (annual rates) https://www.bls.gov/news.release/prod2.nr0.htm #Productivity #BLSdata
    Productivity decreases 2.1% in Q1 2023; unit labor costs increase 4.2% (annual rates) bls.gov/news.release/prod2.n… #Productivity #BLSdata
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    RT by @tetraduzione: It is really "unimaginable power"?
    It is really "unimaginable power"?
    RT by @tetraduzione: 📢Call for Papers! Join the Deep Learning meets Neuromorphic Hardware w at #ECMLPKDD23. Explore the intersection of #DeepLearning and #NeuromorphicComputing for energy-efficient AI systems. Deadline: June 12, 2023. Don't miss out! #AI #ML #DLNHWorkshop
    📢Call for Papers! Join the Deep Learning meets Neuromorphic Hardware w at #ECMLPKDD23. Explore the intersection of #DeepLearning and #NeuromorphicComputing for energy-efficient AI systems. #AI #ML #DLNHWorkshop
    Knowledge graph #embeddings can transfer to challenging downstream #biomed prediction tasks such as drug-drug and protein interactions cc @ejimenez_ruiz @jpansw
    Knowledge graph #embeddings can transfer to challenging downstream #biomed prediction tasks such as drug-drug and protein interactions @ejimenez_ruiz @jpansw nitter.net/aryopg/status/1664221440751665154#m
    RT by @tetraduzione: Happy #PrideMonth2023 from everyone at @InfAtEd! Get ready for a month packed with #Pride events. @UoEStaffPride have got a range of activities to educate, entertain, and build community. 🏳️‍🌈 See the full lineup in SPN's new blog post: http://edin.ac/3NgMAPf
    Happy #PrideMonth2023 from everyone at @InfAtEd! #Pride events. @UoEStaffPride have got a range of activities to educate, entertain, and build community. edin.ac/3NgMAPf
    RT by @tetraduzione: Huge kudos to my collaborators @DominikBiomedAI, @wolfdewulf, @piyush_borole, @AlfaroJav, @PMinervini, @tetraduzione, Ajitha Rajan 🧵 5/5
    Huge kudos to my collaborators @DominikBiomedAI, @wolfdewulf, @piyush_borole, @AlfaroJav, @PMinervini, @tetraduzione, Ajitha Rajan 🧵 5/5
    RT by @tetraduzione: Why stop there? BioKG covers a wide range of entities, and fine-tuning neural link predictors trained on it works extremely well! Our KGE model that is pretrained with BioKG achieves SoTA results across 4 downstream polypharmacy tasks with a tiny computational footprint! 🧵 4/5
    Why stop there? BioKG covers a wide range of entities, and fine-tuning neural link predictors trained on it works extremely well! Our KGE model that is pretrained with BioKG achieves SoTA results across 4 downstream polypharmacy tasks with a tiny computational footprint! 🧵 4/5
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    I noticed a number of these, and they left me with the feeling that Nicholson was playing his part for laughs. Ruined the movie for me, tbqh.
    I noticed a number of these, and they left me with the feeling that Nicholson was playing his part for laughs. Ruined the movie for me, tbqh. nitter.net/nessuno2001/status/1663917603662835714#m
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    RT by @DaveAHopkins: Many similarities! Two former VPs with other important experience and not favorites of their party bases, despite much "evolution" on issues. For a time (even pre-Gulf War) GHW Bush was more popular than Biden ever has been, but it was a less polarized era.
    Many similarities! Two former VPs with other important experience and not favorites of their party bases, despite much "evolution" on issues. For a time (even pre-Gulf War) GHW Bush was more popular than Biden ever has been, but it was a less polarized era. nitter.net/DaveAHopkins/status/1664337126010548225#m
    Comparing modern presidents' governing styles, it seems more and more like Biden most resembles George H. W. Bush: cares most about the inside game of policy and dealmaking, pitch to voters is competence/responsibility rather than charisma/symbolism https://www.politico.com/news/2023/06/01/just-dont-boast-how-biden-world-sought-to-ace-the-debt-ceiling-standoff-00099671
    Comparing modern presidents' governing styles, it seems more and more like Biden most resembles George H. W. Bush: cares most about the inside game of policy and dealmaking, pitch to voters is competence/responsibility rather than charisma/symbolism politico.com/news/2023/06/01…
    The view from the top of the hill is different from the back benches; risk is less attractive when you already have power (& a close election next year). McCarthy & Biden were willing to move their positions to reduce uncertainty: no default, no 14th Am. court fight, no shutdown.
    The view from the top of the hill is different from the back benches; risk is less attractive when you already have power (& a close election next year). McCarthy & Biden were willing to move their positions to reduce uncertainty: no default, no 14th Am. court fight, no shutdown.
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    #SCOTUS says it will release more opinions next Thursday, June 8, at 10 am. Still waiting on rulings on use of race in college admissions, student loan debt relief program, voting rights, & others.
    #SCOTUS says it will release more opinions next Thursday, June 8, at 10 am. Still waiting on rulings on use of race in college admissions, student loan debt relief program, voting rights, & others.
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    Candidate recruitment is top of mind for Senate Republicans these days. And while they've notched some wins so far, much remains to be seen. @JessicaTaylor on where the GOP stands in their quest to take back the upper chamber: https://www.cookpolitical.com/analysis/senate/senate-overview/taking-stock-gops-senate-recruitment-wins-and-stops-so-far
    Candidate recruitment is top of mind for Senate Republicans these days. And while they've notched some wins so far, much remains to be seen. @JessicaTaylor on where the GOP stands in their quest to take back the upper chamber: cookpolitical.com/analysis/s…
    A quiet cycle for Idaho House races? Maybe, maybe not: https://www.cookpolitical.com/analysis/house/idaho-house/2024-house-race-analysis-idaho
    A quiet cycle for Idaho House races? Maybe, maybe not: cookpolitical.com/analysis/h…
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    🎉 We have hit 100,000 followers! 📈 Thank you all for the support, stay tuned for more exciting research updates from BAIR!
    🎉 We have hit 100,000 followers! 📈 Thank you all for the support, stay tuned for more exciting research updates from BAIR!
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    RT by @gelliottmorris: It's an interesting piece, but the point I always come down to here (and you've noted this a lot too) is... (1) the generational lean of these voters is ahistorically Dem in absolute numbers (2) the typical shift right observed in polling does not erase the sheer size of the gap
    It's an interesting piece, but the point I always come down to here (and you've noted this a lot too) is... (1) the generational lean of these voters is ahistorically Dem in absolute numbers (2) the typical shift right observed in polling does not erase the sheer size of the gap
    R to @gelliottmorris: deal could technically still fall apart but to people who said we would hit the limit because republicans don’t like spending (paraphrasing) i would say that this is an issue where we should not mistake *polarization* of members with *sorting*
    deal could technically still fall apart but to people who said we would hit the limit because republicans don’t like spending (paraphrasing) i would say that this is an issue where we should not mistake *polarization* of members with *sorting*
    The Biden/McCarthy debt limit bill passes with support of 72% of House members, which IMO is in line w expectations driven by (1) long history of bipartisan deals on debt & (2) public opinion polls that framed this is an important issue that’s separate from discretionary spending
    The Biden/McCarthy debt limit bill passes with support of 72% of House members, which IMO is in line w expectations driven by (1) long history of bipartisan deals on debt & (2) public opinion polls that framed this is an important issue that’s separate from discretionary spending nitter.net/JakeSherman/status/1664080912999497730#m
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    RT by @sciam: Our Season 5 Bonus Episode is out now! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/whats-in-a-street-name-everything/id1590670779?i=1000615253712 Nyswanderweg, a pinky-sized residential street in #Hamburg, #Germany, is easy to miss. Yet it’s a significant monument to an American psychiatrist: Marie Nyswander. #womeninSTEM #psychiatry #podcasts @sciam @prx
    Our Season 5 Bonus Episode is out now! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas… #Hamburg, #Germany, is easy to miss. Yet it’s a significant monument to an American psychiatrist: Marie Nyswander. #womeninSTEM #psychiatry #podcasts @sciam @prx
    RT by @sciam: Join us for the 2023 Slam on June 21, a free virtual showdown where contestants pitch their science spinoff company to win the Spinoff Prize from Nature Awards & Merck. Don't miss your chance to learn what it takes to compete for €30,000! https://go.nature.com/3OhKzD2
    Join us for the 2023 Slam on June 21, a free virtual showdown where contestants pitch their science spinoff company to win the Spinoff Prize from Nature Awards & Merck. Don't miss your chance to learn what it takes to compete for €30,000! go.nature.com/3OhKzD2
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    RT by @ZoubinGhahrama1: Super exciting work by many at Google to push forward ML models that help with many aspects of the software development process. Not just simple code completion, but fixing compilation errors, suggesting test cases, helping w/ code review comments, and all kinds of other things.
    Super exciting work by many at Google to push forward ML models that help with many aspects of the software development process. Not just simple code completion, but fixing compilation errors, suggesting test cases, helping w/ code review comments, and all kinds of other things. nitter.net/GoogleAI/status/1663965370296705024#m  ( 1 min )
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    Good concept and well-written explainer. Renard with the best score = yeah that seems to work.
    Good concept and well-written explainer. Renard with the best score = yeah that seems to work. nitter.net/StatsBomb/status/1664236336281182210#m
    RT by @Zonal_Marking: There were 151 goals scored from corners in the Premier League this season. A piece on why corners are so important now in the league. https://theathletic.com/4558413/2023/06/01/innovation-and-execution-why-corners-are-so-important-now-in-the-premier-league/
    There were 151 goals scored from corners in the Premier League this season. theathletic.com/4558413/2023…
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    RT by @andrewgwils: Let’s design proteins directly in sequence space with new methods NOS and LaMBO-2! 🏎️ Protein Design with Guided Discrete Diffusion https://arxiv.org/abs/2305.20009 Includes wet-lab evaluation 🧪 1/7
    Let’s design proteins directly in sequence space with new methods NOS and LaMBO-2! 🏎️ arxiv.org/abs/2305.20009 Includes wet-lab evaluation 🧪 1/7  ( 1 min )
    R to @andrewgwils: Many more results, interpretations, and understanding investigations, including the role of architecture, in the paper. I was particularly proud of first author Lily Li, for such a substantive undertaking as her first paper! Code available at: https://github.com/yucenli/bnn-bo 9/9
    Many more results, interpretations, and understanding investigations, including the role of architecture, in the paper. I was particularly proud of first author Lily Li, for such a substantive undertaking as her first paper! Code available at: github.com/yucenli/bnn-bo 9/9  ( 2 min )
    R to @andrewgwils: But the biggest surprise was how well infinite width BNNs do, especially in higher dimensional settings. I-BNNs have appealing features for BayesOpt: non-Euclidean similarity metrics, exact inference, non-stationarity, and are not data hungry, with few hypers to learn. 8/9
    But the biggest surprise was how well infinite width BNNs do, especially in higher dimensional settings. I-BNNs have appealing features for BayesOpt: non-Euclidean similarity metrics, exact inference, non-stationarity, and are not data hungry, with few hypers to learn. 8/9  ( 2 min )
    R to @andrewgwils: And there were many exciting results. HMC is much more reliable than SGHMC, and deep ensembles work surprisingly poorly. Deep kernel learning is competitive with finite BNNs, suggesting that stochastic network parameters are not crucial. And standard GPs hold up pretty well. 7/9
    And there were many exciting results. HMC is much more reliable than SGHMC, and deep ensembles work surprisingly poorly. Deep kernel learning is competitive with finite BNNs, suggesting that stochastic network parameters are not crucial. And standard GPs hold up pretty well. 7/9
    R to @andrewgwils: I really loved this project. We didn’t have a “horse in the race”. Any result would aid our scientific understanding, and indeed I would even have been happy for Matern GPs to dominate! This was really valued when I presented this work earlier at Meta. https://twitter.com/andrewgwils/status/1662828267215233026?s=20 6/9
    I really loved this project. We didn’t have a “horse in the race”. Any result would aid our scientific understanding, and indeed I would even have been happy for Matern GPs to dominate! This was really valued when I presented this work earlier at Meta. nitter.net/andrewgwils/stat… nitter.net/andrewgwils/status/1662828267215233026#m
    R to @andrewgwils: We also consider a range of problems, covering single and multi-objectives, continuous and discrete inputs, varying dimensionality, and non-stationarity. These help us understand the role of representation learning, stochasticity, and non-Euclidean metrics in BayesOpt. 5/9
    We also consider a range of problems, covering single and multi-objectives, continuous and discrete inputs, varying dimensionality, and non-stationarity. These help us understand the role of representation learning, stochasticity, and non-Euclidean metrics in BayesOpt. 5/9
    R to @andrewgwils: We perform an exhaustive study covering many surrogates, including finite-width fully stochastic BNNs with HMC, SGHMC, and deep ensembles, as well as infinite width BNNs, linearized Laplace, deep kernel learning, and standard Matern kernel GPs. 4/9
    We perform an exhaustive study covering many surrogates, including finite-width fully stochastic BNNs with HMC, SGHMC, and deep ensembles, as well as infinite width BNNs, linearized Laplace, deep kernel learning, and standard Matern kernel GPs. 4/9
    R to @andrewgwils: It's not that standard GPs are necessarily best. We just don't really know. This question is particularly timely given recent advances in Bayesian neural nets, and newer acquisition functions that operate on posterior samples, without requiring closed form inference. 3/9
    It's not that standard GPs are necessarily best. We just don't really know. This question is particularly timely given recent advances in Bayesian neural nets, and newer acquisition functions that operate on posterior samples, without requiring closed form inference. 3/9
    R to @andrewgwils: BayesOpt research has largely been focused on the design of acquisition functions, leaving an extremely fundamental design decision relatively unexplored: what should we be using as surrogate models for the objective functions we optimize? GPs are used almost exclusively. 2/9
    BayesOpt research has largely been focused on the design of acquisition functions, leaving an extremely fundamental design decision relatively unexplored: what should we be using as surrogate models for the objective functions we optimize? GPs are used almost exclusively. 2/9
    BayesOpt is a major success story of Bayesian ML. But there's an elephant in the room: should we be considering surrogate models besides GPs? A Study of Bayesian Neural Network Surrogates for Bayesian Optimization: https://arxiv.org/abs/2305.20028 w/Lily Li & @timrudner! 1/9
    BayesOpt is a major success story of Bayesian ML. But there's an elephant in the room: should we be considering surrogate models besides GPs? arxiv.org/abs/2305.20028 @timrudner! 1/9
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    I’ve got a cartoon strip in this book, but you should buy it anyway.
    I’ve got a cartoon strip in this book, but you should buy it anyway. nitter.net/maxrushden/status/1664197817357963265#m
    RT by @squires_david: From the world's most popular football podcast, introducing The Football Weekly Book. Out in September and containing all the nonsense jokes, off-the-wall trivia and occasional insightful remarks that you could wish for, it's available to pre-order now⚽ http://guardianbookshop.com/the-football-weekly-book-9781783352906?utm_source=theguardian&utm_medium=audio&utm_campaign=footballweeklybook
    From the world's most popular football podcast, introducing The Football Weekly Book. guardianbookshop.com/the-foo…
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    Nothing has changed.
    Nothing has changed.  ( 1 min )
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    A 314-117 vote with 149 Rs and 165 Ds to lift the debt limit doesn’t exactly scream “we need to take this out of Congress’s hands in the future.” Recent track record of bipartisan dealmaking has been fairly impressive given intense polarization of electorate.
    A 314-117 vote with 149 Rs and 165 Ds to lift the debt limit doesn’t exactly scream “we need to take this out of Congress’s hands in the future.” Recent track record of bipartisan dealmaking has been fairly impressive given intense polarization of electorate.
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    Boiled, smashed, and pan-roasted sunchokes, enriched with butter and thyme, are the perfect side dish for any meal. https://www.seriouseats.com/smashed-sunchokes-with-thyme-butter?taid=6477edab593b3c000180d39e&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    Boiled, smashed, and pan-roasted sunchokes, enriched with butter and thyme, are the perfect side dish for any meal. seriouseats.com/smashed-sunc…
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    Research briefing: Machine-learning model makes predictions about network biology https://go.nature.com/3oEAW7c
    Research briefing: Machine-learning model makes predictions about network biology go.nature.com/3oEAW7c
    The human brain’s characteristic wrinkles help to drive how it works https://go.nature.com/3C3aMhh
    The human brain’s characteristic wrinkles help to drive how it works go.nature.com/3C3aMhh

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    Search for distant atmosphere off to a rocky start https://go.nature.com/43zSLmx
    Search for distant atmosphere off to a rocky start go.nature.com/43zSLmx
    Nature research paper: The effects of cash transfers on adult and child mortality in low- and middle-income countries https://go.nature.com/3qebXYB
    Nature research paper: The effects of cash transfers on adult and child mortality in low- and middle-income countries go.nature.com/3qebXYB
    Editorial: Why ideas of ‘planetary boundaries’ must uphold environmental justice https://go.nature.com/3ITjFxR
    Editorial: Why ideas of ‘planetary boundaries’ must uphold environmental justice go.nature.com/3ITjFxR
    A new study in Nature presents a set of measures assessing the impact of humanity on the Earth system, intended to help ensure safety and justice for all living things https://go.nature.com/3N5CeRY
    A new study in Nature presents a set of measures assessing the impact of humanity on the Earth system, intended to help ensure safety and justice for all living things go.nature.com/3N5CeRY
    A tool for optimizing messenger RNA sequence https://go.nature.com/45HbjU2
    A tool for optimizing messenger RNA sequence go.nature.com/45HbjU2
    Nature research paper: Pan-KRAS inhibitor disables oncogenic signalling and tumour growth https://go.nature.com/3N7b7Gn
    Nature research paper: Pan-KRAS inhibitor disables oncogenic signalling and tumour growth go.nature.com/3N7b7Gn
    How a protein differentiates between rare-earth elements https://go.nature.com/3C3Gr2f
    How a protein differentiates between rare-earth elements go.nature.com/3C3Gr2f
    Nature research paper: Safe and just Earth system boundaries https://go.nature.com/3MPpnlM
    Nature research paper: Safe and just Earth system boundaries go.nature.com/3MPpnlM
    Research briefing: Cash-transfer programmes reduce mortality in low- and middle-income countries https://go.nature.com/3MJpqPP
    Research briefing: Cash-transfer programmes reduce mortality in low- and middle-income countries go.nature.com/3MJpqPP
    Research briefing: The geometry of the human brain shapes its function https://go.nature.com/3MFmqE9
    Research briefing: The geometry of the human brain shapes its function go.nature.com/3MFmqE9
    AI intensifies fight against ‘paper mills’ that churn out fake research https://go.nature.com/45B6n2T
    AI intensifies fight against ‘paper mills’ that churn out fake research go.nature.com/45B6n2T
    "Sure, Amazon had same-day delivery, but how could it compete with a company that delivered what you wanted before the thought had even entered your head?" Read more in this sci-fi short story by Andrew Kozma https://go.nature.com/3NeE17z
    "Sure, Amazon had same-day delivery, but how could it compete with a company that delivered what you wanted before the thought had even entered your head?" go.nature.com/3NeE17z
    RT by @Nature: Drop everything and read this climate piece from Cynthia Houniuhi of @pisfcc. From 27 law students in a classroom to a case before the world's highest court: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-01751-1
    Drop everything and read this climate piece from Cynthia Houniuhi of @pisfcc. From 27 law students in a classroom to a case before the world's highest court: nature.com/articles/d41586-0…
    RT by @Nature: Chemists have invented ways to insert, delete or swap individual atoms in the cores of molecules. “Almost magical that these changes are now possible”, Richmond Sarpong (@SarpongGroup) tells @markpeplow | @Nature 🧵on skeletal editing & why it's exciting https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-01735-1
    Chemists have invented ways to insert, delete or swap individual atoms in the cores of molecules. “Almost magical that these changes are now possible”, Richmond Sarpong (@SarpongGroup) tells @markpeplow | @Nature nature.com/articles/d41586-0…
    Surgical wonders and dodgy medical ethics: the Hunterian Museum reopens https://go.nature.com/42c4NBv
    Surgical wonders and dodgy medical ethics: the Hunterian Museum reopens go.nature.com/42c4NBv
    In India, children under-16 returning to school this month will no longer be taught about evolution, the periodic table of elements, or sources of energy https://go.nature.com/3oB7HlH
    In India, children under-16 returning to school this month will no longer be taught about evolution, the periodic table of elements, or sources of energy go.nature.com/3oB7HlH
    An explosion of skeletal editing methods to insert, delete or swap individual atoms in molecular backbones could boost drug discovery. “It’s almost magical that these changes are now possible” says Richmond Sarpong at the University of California, Berkeley https://go.nature.com/3INGTFF
    An explosion of skeletal editing methods to insert, delete or swap individual atoms in molecular backbones could boost drug discovery. “It’s almost magical that these changes are now possible” says Richmond Sarpong at the University of California, Berkeley go.nature.com/3INGTFF
    Cultural and heritage researcher Arianna Traviglia uses robotic technology to painstakingly reconstruct 2,000-year-old mural paintings in Pompeii https://go.nature.com/3WWBTVf
    Cultural and heritage researcher Arianna Traviglia uses robotic technology to painstakingly reconstruct 2,000-year-old mural paintings in Pompeii go.nature.com/3WWBTVf
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    RT by @pixelatedboat: George Hall at 76 playing a 93 year old Indiana Jones set in 1992. Harrison Ford at 80 playing a 70 year old Indy set in 1969.
    George Hall at 76 playing a 93 year old Indiana Jones set in 1992. Harrison Ford at 80 playing a 70 year old Indy set in 1969.
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    Vicious attacks on women often accompany economic upheavals https://trib.al/UEaJ1O2
    Vicious attacks on women often accompany economic upheavals trib.al/UEaJ1O2
    A new analysis finds that dry air and record-breaking temperatures linked to climate change have led to more frequent severe fires in California https://trib.al/o9JqxP6
    A new analysis finds that dry air and record-breaking temperatures linked to climate change have led to more frequent severe fires in California trib.al/o9JqxP6
    A robotic finger's supersensitive touches could probe inside body parts and circuits https://trib.al/IdH7J8J
    A robotic finger's supersensitive touches could probe inside body parts and circuits trib.al/IdH7J8J
    Killer whales in a group near Spain and Portugal may be teaching one another to mess with small boats. https://trib.al/LzmUuIh
    Killer whales in a group near Spain and Portugal may be teaching one another to mess with small boats. trib.al/LzmUuIh
    The emerging field of synthetic morphology bends boundaries between natural and artificial life https://trib.al/2ezLsJU
    The emerging field of synthetic morphology bends boundaries between natural and artificial life trib.al/2ezLsJU
    RT by @sciam: Our Season 5 BONUS EPISODE drops tomorrow! We're asking a question that *we promise* has to do with #WomenInSTEM: How do German streets get their names? Listen wherever you get your #podcasts. And in the meantime, catch up on Season 5: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/lost-women-of-science/id1590670779 @prx @sciam
    Our Season 5 BONUS EPISODE drops tomorrow! #WomenInSTEM: How do German streets get their names? #podcasts. And in the meantime, catch up on Season 5: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas… @prx @sciam
    With climate change, today’s hot summers will be among the coolest of the rest of our lives. Understanding record-breaking heat waves on 🎧 Science, Quickly, with 🎙️ @AndreaTWeather and @kelso_harper Listen now on @spotifypodcasts 🔗 https://bit.ly/3WsAeX5
    With climate change, today’s hot summers will be among the coolest of the rest of our lives. @AndreaTWeather and @kelso_harper @spotifypodcasts 🔗 bit.ly/3WsAeX5
    The COVID pandemic caused a U.S.-wide decline in fertility rates, but red states actually saw increases https://trib.al/Dd0r6bv
    The COVID pandemic caused a U.S.-wide decline in fertility rates, but red states actually saw increases trib.al/Dd0r6bv
    RT by @sciam: Chien-shiung Wu, born on this day in 1912, devised an experiment that demonstrated entanglement & toppled the principle of parity & tops a list of women who should have gotten a Nobel but didn't https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-little-known-origin-story-behind-the-2022-nobel-prize-in-physics/ via @sciam
    Chien-shiung Wu, born on this day in 1912, devised an experiment that demonstrated entanglement & toppled the principle of parity & tops a list of women who should have gotten a Nobel but didn't scientificamerican.com/artic… via @sciam
    Allergies on the rise, the political power of dried plants, your brain on music, and more books out this month https://trib.al/06EaIbA
    Allergies on the rise, the political power of dried plants, your brain on music, and more books out this month trib.al/06EaIbA
    RT by @sciam: "We are talking about birds that weighed as much as a sports car, birds who were the top predators of their day—prowling the jungle and devouring animals the size of small horses—birds so gargantuan that you could mistake them for an airplane." https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/this-massive-scientific-discovery-sat-hidden-in-a-museum-drawer-for-decades/ on @sciam
    "We are talking about birds that weighed as much as a sports car, birds who were the top predators of their day—prowling the jungle and devouring animals the size of small horses—birds so gargantuan that you could mistake them for an airplane." scientificamerican.com/podca… on @sciam
    As more researchers document the potential harms of social media use, especially for youngsters, both Republicans and Democrats are pushing legislation to rein in platforms https://trib.al/VpDrViI
    As more researchers document the potential harms of social media use, especially for youngsters, both Republicans and Democrats are pushing legislation to rein in platforms trib.al/VpDrViI
    Frontotemporal dementia can release the creative potential of the brain's visual areas https://trib.al/af30dht
    Frontotemporal dementia can release the creative potential of the brain's visual areas trib.al/af30dht
    Rising temperatures could increase global inflation by as much as 1 percent every year until 2035 https://trib.al/cr5xbBC
    Rising temperatures could increase global inflation by as much as 1 percent every year until 2035 trib.al/cr5xbBC
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    Nonfarm payroll employment up in 40 states from April 2022 to April 2023 https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2023/nonfarm-payroll-employment-up-in-40-states-from-april-2022-to-april-2023.htm #BLSdata
    Nonfarm payroll employment up in 40 states from April 2022 to April 2023 bls.gov/opub/ted/2023/nonfar… #BLSdata
    Nonfarm payroll employment up in 40 states from April 2022 to April 2023 https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2023/nonfarm-payroll-employment-up-in-40-states-from-april-2022-to-april-2023.htm #BLSdata
    Nonfarm payroll employment up in 40 states from April 2022 to April 2023 bls.gov/opub/ted/2023/nonfar… #BLSdata
    See our interactive graphics on today’s new metro area #employment and #unemployment data https://www.bls.gov/charts/metro-area-employment-and-unemployment/ #BLSdata #DataViz
    See our interactive graphics on today’s new metro area #employment and #unemployment data bls.gov/charts/metro-area-em… #BLSdata #DataViz
    See our interactive graphics on today’s new job openings and labor turnover numbers https://www.bls.gov/charts/job-openings-and-labor-turnover/ #JOLTS #BLSdata #DataViz
    See our interactive graphics on today’s new job openings and labor turnover numbers bls.gov/charts/job-openings-… #JOLTS #BLSdata #DataViz
    April jobless rates down over the year in 252 of 389 metro areas; payroll jobs up in 76 https://www.bls.gov/news.release/metro.nr0.htm #BLSdata
    April jobless rates down over the year in 252 of 389 metro areas; payroll jobs up in 76 bls.gov/news.release/metro.n… #BLSdata
    April job openings edge up; total separations and layoffs and discharges decrease https://www.bls.gov/news.release/jolts.nr0.htm #JOLTS #BLSdata
    April job openings edge up; total separations and layoffs and discharges decrease bls.gov/news.release/jolts.n… #JOLTS #BLSdata
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    From an array of fruity popsicles to DIY Fudgsicles and pudding pops, these icy treats will take you back to the good ol' days. https://www.seriouseats.com/popsicle-recipes?taid=6477d193593b3c0001b87432&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    From an array of fruity popsicles to DIY Fudgsicles and pudding pops, these icy treats will take you back to the good ol' days. seriouseats.com/popsicle-rec…
    Our version of Cuban ropa vieja eliminates the two-pot approach, for better beefy flavor and more efficient prep. https://www.seriouseats.com/ropa-vieja-cuban-latin-american-beef-stew-recipe?taid=6477c387593b3c0001b29b9f&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    Our version of Cuban ropa vieja eliminates the two-pot approach, for better beefy flavor and more efficient prep. seriouseats.com/ropa-vieja-c…
    Ready in just an hour, this chicken cacciatore has all the flavor and depth of a slow-cooked recipe. https://www.seriouseats.com/chicken-cacciatore-red-peppers-recipe?taid=6477b5906859090001c42630&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    Ready in just an hour, this chicken cacciatore has all the flavor and depth of a slow-cooked recipe. seriouseats.com/chicken-cacc…
    By the time the stalks are tender, the stock and butter reduce and emulsify into a rich sauce. https://www.seriouseats.com/braised-asparagus-recipe?taid=647799696859090001c41d44&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    By the time the stalks are tender, the stock and butter reduce and emulsify into a rich sauce. seriouseats.com/braised-aspa…
    Creamed shishitos are perfect as a stand-alone side dish, a pizza topping, a taco filling, and so much more. https://www.seriouseats.com/creamed-shishitos?taid=64778b71593b3c0001b285d9&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    Creamed shishitos are perfect as a stand-alone side dish, a pizza topping, a taco filling, and so much more. seriouseats.com/creamed-shis…
    A primer on how wheat protein enhances doughs, batters, and baked goods of all kinds—and what "gluten-free" actually means. https://www.seriouseats.com/what-is-gluten-free-bread-dough-pasta?taid=64777d3fbe2e4a000199c4d0&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    A primer on how wheat protein enhances doughs, batters, and baked goods of all kinds—and what "gluten-free" actually means. seriouseats.com/what-is-glut…
    Double up on mushroom flavor with sliced fresh mushrooms and a rich mushroom duxelles, made with shallots, thyme, and cognac. https://www.seriouseats.com/mushroom-duxelles-truffle-pizza-recipe?taid=64776114f7bfd60001650f6d&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    Double up on mushroom flavor with sliced fresh mushrooms and a rich mushroom duxelles, made with shallots, thyme, and cognac. seriouseats.com/mushroom-dux…
    This creamy, homemade macaroni and cheese has fewer ingredients than the boxed version, and comes together in the same amount of time. https://www.seriouseats.com/ingredient-stovetop-mac-and-cheese-recipe?taid=64775309be2e4a000199b41a&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    This creamy, homemade macaroni and cheese has fewer ingredients than the boxed version, and comes together in the same amount of time. seriouseats.com/ingredient-s…
    With nothing more than a pan and some butter, garlic, and herbs, you can make an astoundingly delicious rack of lamb. Here's how. https://www.seriouseats.com/pan-roasted-rack-of-lamb?taid=64769c243e63f90001089138&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    With nothing more than a pan and some butter, garlic, and herbs, you can make an astoundingly delicious rack of lamb. Here's how. seriouseats.com/pan-roasted-…
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    Max always tweets a year or two ahead of schedule.
    Max always tweets a year or two ahead of schedule. nitter.net/mraginsky/status/1556318610439942144#m
    R to @beenwrekt: Of course, they have since scrubbed their webpage of any mention of FTX. I wonder why? https://neurips2022.mlsafety.org/terms-and-conditions
    Of course, they have since scrubbed their webpage of any mention of FTX. I wonder why? neurips2022.mlsafety.org/ter…
    R to @beenwrekt: The same people who wrote that open letter ran a workshop sponsored by FTX at Neurips. They offered 100K in paper awards! https://web.archive.org/web/20220817083055/https://neurips2022.mlsafety.org/terms-and-conditions
    The same people who wrote that open letter ran a workshop sponsored by FTX at Neurips. They offered 100K in paper awards! web.archive.org/web/20220817…
    Are we going to memoryhole that one of the biggest funders of AI-risk nonsense was the FTX Future Fund?
    Are we going to memoryhole that one of the biggest funders of AI-risk nonsense was the FTX Future Fund?
    This Yale Professor used his "expertise" to argue for mandatory masking of 2-year-olds. Now he wants you to trust him about his newfound expertise in AI. How about, no.
    This Yale Professor used his "expertise" to argue for mandatory masking of 2-year-olds. Now he wants you to trust him about his newfound expertise in AI. How about, no. nitter.net/Jabaluck/status/1663744727664013316#m
    I’ve been waiting on these notes on causal inference by @pengding00 like an album from a favorite band. Can’t wait to read them. https://arxiv.org/abs/2305.18793
    I’ve been waiting on these notes on causal inference by @pengding00 like an album from a favorite band. Can’t wait to read them. arxiv.org/abs/2305.18793
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    Sevilla 1-1 Roma (won 4-1 on pens) Sevilla have now won every single major European final they've contested, all in the UEFA Cup and Europa League Incredibly, Spanish teams have now won the last 18 major European finals in which they have faced a non-Spanish opponent
    Sevilla 1-1 Roma (won 4-1 on pens) Sevilla have now won every single major European final they've contested, all in the UEFA Cup and Europa League Incredibly, Spanish teams have now won the last 18 major European finals in which they have faced a non-Spanish opponent
    RT by @OptaAnalyst: Memorial Day is the first benchmark of the MLB season, so who is in a position to rise to the occasion before the end of the season? We can’t tell you exactly what will happen, but we can tell you what should happen if teams play to their expected form. https://theanalyst.com/na/2023/05/mlb-playoff-predictions-memorial-day-projected-baseball-standings/
    Memorial Day is the first benchmark of the MLB season, so who is in a position to rise to the occasion before the end of the season? theanalyst.com/na/2023/05/ml…
    RT by @OptaAnalyst: José Mourinho’s AS Roma take on Sevilla tonight in the UEFA Europa League final! Mourinho has never lost a European final and the last time a Mourinho side conceded in a European final was 20 years ago! @ASRomaEN
    José Mourinho’s AS Roma take on Sevilla tonight in the UEFA Europa League final! @ASRomaEN nitter.net/OptaAnalyst/status/1663866439093166082#m
    Erik ten Hag after Marcus Rashford reached 30 goals for the season: “I think Marcus is capable of scoring 40 goals in a season. For him, that’s the next step.” So, can he be a 40-goal forward for Manchester United? @alitweedale takes a look... https://theanalyst.com/2023/05/can-marcus-rashford-be-a-40-goal-manchester-united-forward/
    Erik ten Hag after Marcus Rashford reached 30 goals for the season: “I think Marcus is capable of scoring 40 goals in a season. For him, that’s the next step.” @alitweedale takes a look... theanalyst.com/2023/05/can-m…
    R to @OptaAnalyst:
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    Our 2022-23 Bundesliga Team of the Season has been decided...but how many of these players will still be at their clubs for next season? Bellingham ✈️ Kolo Muani 🔥 Guerreiro 🆓 Nkunku 🔵 https://theanalyst.com/eu/2023/05/bundesliga-team-of-the-season-optafranz-2022-23/
    Our 2022-23 Bundesliga Team of the Season has been decided...but how many of these players will still be at their clubs for next season? theanalyst.com/eu/2023/05/bu…
    French Open Predictions Nadal absent. Medvedev out. Seeds tumbling. Who does our supercomputer think wins Roland-Garros 2023? It simulated the tournament 10,000 times to find out: @OptaAce | #RolandGarros | #RolandGarros2023 https://theanalyst.com/eu/2023/05/french-open-2023-predictions/
    French Open Predictions @OptaAce | #RolandGarros | #RolandGarros2023 theanalyst.com/eu/2023/05/fr…
    Would David Raya be an ideal candidate to replace David de Gea as Manchester United's number one? #MUFC https://theanalyst.com/eu/2023/05/david-de-gea-man-utd-replacements-costa-raya/
    Would David Raya be an ideal candidate to replace David de Gea as Manchester United's number one? #MUFC theanalyst.com/eu/2023/05/da…
    RT by @OptaAnalyst: 𝐁𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐚 𝐓𝐎𝐓𝐒: 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟐-𝟐𝟑 🇩🇪 With the curtain fully closed on the campaign, our German football data experts at @OptaFranz have picked their Bundesliga best XI for 2022-23 based on the data. Here is the team & coach to lead them. ⬇️
    𝐁𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐚 𝐓𝐎𝐓𝐒: 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟐-𝟐𝟑 🇩🇪 @OptaFranz have picked their Bundesliga best XI for 2022-23 based on the data. Here is the team & coach to lead them. ⬇️
    RT by @OptaAnalyst: Which manager has won the most major European club titles? 🏆 Well, José Mourinho can break the record tonight in the UEFA Europa League final... #SEVROM | #UELfinal https://theanalyst.com/eu/2023/05/which-manager-has-won-the-most-european-titles/
    Which manager has won the most major European club titles? 🏆 #SEVROM | #UELfinal theanalyst.com/eu/2023/05/wh…
    Jose Mourinho will lead Roma in another European final tonight, as they face Sevilla in the UEFA Europa League final. Can he become the most decorated manager in European competition history? @AaronBartonUK looks at his final record. https://theanalyst.com/eu/2023/05/jose-mourinho-in-european-finals/
    Jose Mourinho will lead Roma in another European final tonight, as they face Sevilla in the UEFA Europa League final. @AaronBartonUK looks at his final record. theanalyst.com/eu/2023/05/jo…
    RT by @OptaAnalyst: Organised Chaos 🇪🇸 @robbiejdunne looks at how José Luis Mendilibar changed Sevilla's playing style to take them to the cusp of yet another European trophy: https://theanalyst.com/eu/2023/05/mendilibar-sevilla-europa-league-final/
    Organised Chaos 🇪🇸 @robbiejdunne looks at how José Luis Mendilibar changed Sevilla's playing style to take them to the cusp of yet another European trophy: theanalyst.com/eu/2023/05/me…
    Sevilla under José Luis Mendilibar: Back. To. Basics. #EuropaLeague
    Sevilla under José Luis Mendilibar: #EuropaLeague
    RT by @OptaAnalyst: The 2022-23 UEFA Europa League champions will be...
    The 2022-23 UEFA Europa League champions will be...
    RT by @OptaAnalyst: Sevilla vs Roma: Opta Preview 🏆 We look ahead to the 2023 UEFA Europa League final at Budapest’s Puskás Aréna with our Sevilla vs Roma prediction and stats preview. Who will lift the trophy? #SEVROM #UELfinal https://theanalyst.com/eu/2023/05/sevilla-vs-roma-prediction-europa-league-final/
    Sevilla vs Roma: Opta Preview 🏆 #SEVROM #UELfinal theanalyst.com/eu/2023/05/se…
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    R to @gelliottmorris: maybe it's an outlier and justice is _only_ up 10 instead of 20
    maybe it's an outlier and justice is _only_ up 10 instead of 20
    only one poll, but 👀 https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4026468-justice-tops-manchin-by-22-points-in-new-poll-on-senate-race/
    only one poll, but 👀 thehill.com/homenews/campaig…
    Vote No, Hope Yes is the second dimension to DW-nominate
    Vote No, Hope Yes is the second dimension to DW-nominate nitter.net/MattGlassman312/status/1663955328373858306#m
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    Three years after then-President Donald Trump pressured NIH to suspend a research grant to a U.S. group studying bat coronaviruses with partners in China, the agency has restarted the award. https://scim.ag/2PE
    Three years after then-President Donald Trump pressured NIH to suspend a research grant to a U.S. group studying bat coronaviruses with partners in China, the agency has restarted the award. scim.ag/2PE
    It’s the first time a frog—or any amphibian—has been observed pollinating a plant. https://scim.ag/2PA
    It’s the first time a frog—or any amphibian—has been observed pollinating a plant. scim.ag/2PA
    RT by @NewsfromScience: Sea otters eat on the go by cracking open mussels, sea urchins, and abalone with rocks, using their furry chests as anvils. On #WorldOtterDay, learn how marine biologists can pick out otter "utensils" from other rocks. https://scim.ag/2Pw
    Sea otters eat on the go by cracking open mussels, sea urchins, and abalone with rocks, using their furry chests as anvils. #WorldOtterDay, learn how marine biologists can pick out otter "utensils" from other rocks. scim.ag/2Pw
    Removing trash from the ocean may not be as harmless as it seems, according new research. https://scim.ag/2Pv
    Removing trash from the ocean may not be as harmless as it seems, according new research. scim.ag/2Pv
    New evidence suggests much of University of Rochester physicist Ranga Dias’s thesis was copied from other sources. https://scim.ag/2Pj
    New evidence suggests much of University of Rochester physicist Ranga Dias’s thesis was copied from other sources. scim.ag/2Pj
    When sea otters dig for clams in seagrass meadows, they leave a pockmarked “moonscape” in their wake. But this rough treatment may be doing the otherwise lush meadows a reproductive favor. #WorldOtterDay https://scim.ag/2Pe
    When sea otters dig for clams in seagrass meadows, they leave a pockmarked “moonscape” in their wake. #WorldOtterDay scim.ag/2Pe
    Aided by hundreds of newly sequenced genomes and an extensive database of dog DNA, researchers were able to glean details about Balto’s size, appearance, and stamina not captured in historical photos of the famed canine. https://scim.ag/2Pc
    Aided by hundreds of newly sequenced genomes and an extensive database of dog DNA, researchers were able to glean details about Balto’s size, appearance, and stamina not captured in historical photos of the famed canine. scim.ag/2Pc
    Scientists are racing to gain insights into the Mekong River’s disappearing giants—and how to save them. https://scim.ag/2P7
    Scientists are racing to gain insights into the Mekong River’s disappearing giants—and how to save them. scim.ag/2P7
    The first 45 words uttered by a police officer during the traffic stop of a Black driver can predict whether the interaction will escalate. https://scim.ag/2P2
    The first 45 words uttered by a police officer during the traffic stop of a Black driver can predict whether the interaction will escalate. scim.ag/2P2
    Scientists have reconstructed the oral microbiomes from dozens of ancient humans, revealing previously undiscovered genes. https://scim.ag/2P0
    Scientists have reconstructed the oral microbiomes from dozens of ancient humans, revealing previously undiscovered genes. scim.ag/2P0
    Human DNA accidentally collected by scientists studying animals, plants, or microbes can reveal private information, raising ethical concerns for many researchers. https://scim.ag/2OY
    Human DNA accidentally collected by scientists studying animals, plants, or microbes can reveal private information, raising ethical concerns for many researchers. scim.ag/2OY
    Orchids can make fake pollen to tempt bees and other pollinators. But this pseudopollen isn’t just an alluring counterfeit, scientists have shown: It’s as nutritious as the real thing. #ScienceMagArchives https://scim.ag/2OW
    Orchids can make fake pollen to tempt bees and other pollinators. But this pseudopollen isn’t just an alluring counterfeit, scientists have shown: It’s as nutritious as the real thing. #ScienceMagArchives scim.ag/2OW
    The NIH says it has brought more than 200 tardy investigators into compliance since July 2022. https://scim.ag/2OV
    The NIH says it has brought more than 200 tardy investigators into compliance since July 2022. scim.ag/2OV
    “Cool as a cucumber” might be better phrased as “cool as a mushroom.” https://scim.ag/2OT
    “Cool as a cucumber” might be better phrased as “cool as a mushroom.” scim.ag/2OT
    Researchers have discovered a new chemical that selectively kills harmful nematodes with a much lower risk of toxicity to humans and other creatures. https://scim.ag/2OR
    Researchers have discovered a new chemical that selectively kills harmful nematodes with a much lower risk of toxicity to humans and other creatures. scim.ag/2OR
    “Even with the genome of a single individual, you can learn a lot.” https://scim.ag/2OQ
    “Even with the genome of a single individual, you can learn a lot.” scim.ag/2OQ
    Every year, farmers fertilize their crops with nitrogen and phosphorus. And every year some of that fertilizer makes its way into ponds and lakes. But according to a new study, there may be a relatively simple way to close the loop on this leaky system. https://scim.ag/2OO
    Every year, farmers fertilize their crops with nitrogen and phosphorus. And every year some of that fertilizer makes its way into ponds and lakes. scim.ag/2OO
    The finding may explain how a person’s brain could replay conscious memories even after the heart has stopped. https://scim.ag/2OM
    The finding may explain how a person’s brain could replay conscious memories even after the heart has stopped. scim.ag/2OM
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    Narcis Pelach has left @htafc after three years to become first-team coach @NorwichCityFC The Spaniard joined the Terriers in August 2020 under Carlos Corberán & stayed no assist Danny Schofield, Mark Fotheringham and Neil Warnock. #NCFC #HTAFC https://trainingground.guru/bulletin-board
    Narcis Pelach has left @htafc after three years to become first-team coach @NorwichCityFC #NCFC #HTAFC trainingground.guru/bulletin…
    Joe Roach is leaving @afcbournemouth Academy after 20 years’ service. First joined in 2001, having been Head of Coaching for Army FA. Back then he headed up a Centre of Excellence with “a couple of office staff & a small team of part-time coaches.” https://trainingground.guru/articles/roach-leaves-bournemouth-academy-after-20-years-service
    Joe Roach is leaving @afcbournemouth Academy after 20 years’ service. trainingground.guru/articles…
    Parking the bus 🚌 👏🏼👏🏼🤣🤣
    Parking the bus 🚌 nitter.net/kristofterreur/status/1663995983733112833#m
    “We've taken the attitude that if you have to do a team talk on the Saturday then it's too late. These guys don't need to be motivated, they're self-motivated. If they're not self-motivated then they don't make the team.” Steve Hansen @AllBlacks https://trainingground.guru/articles/why-the-all-blacks-ditched-pre-match-team-talks
    “We've taken the attitude that if you have to do a team talk on the Saturday then it's too late. These guys don't need to be motivated, they're self-motivated. If they're not self-motivated then they don't make the team.” @AllBlacks trainingground.guru/articles… nitter.net/GAAcoachquotes/status/1663918331680751621#m
    RT by @ground_guru: “Speeches are overrated. The training and the preparation are where it’s at.” Enda McNulty. #GAA #coach #quotes #Armagh #leadership @TheGAAHour @Enda_McNulty @NiallMcintyre
    “Speeches are overrated. The training and the preparation are where it’s at.” #GAA #coach #quotes #Armagh #leadership @TheGAAHour @Enda_McNulty @NiallMcintyre
    R to @ground_guru: Buy tickets here https://www.eventbrite.com/e/597625934257
    Buy tickets here eventbrite.com/e/59762593425…
    RT by @ground_guru: Don't miss out 👇
    Don't miss out 👇 nitter.net/ground_guru/status/1663872638744240131#m
    RT by @ground_guru: A fantastic line up, really excited to present during this webinar ⚽️
    A fantastic line up, really excited to present during this webinar ⚽️ nitter.net/ground_guru/status/1663850510804303877#m
    RT by @ground_guru: 🎟️ Don't worry if you can't make it on the day - ticket holders get a 7-day recording More details via link below Youth Development Webinar | June 6th https://trainingground.guru/articles/youth-development-2023-webinar
    🎟️ Don't worry if you can't make it on the day - ticket holders get a 7-day recording trainingground.guru/articles… nitter.net/ground_guru/status/1663853128926613509#m
    RT by @ground_guru: Absolutely spot on 👏 Could easily have won player of the season #AVFC
    Absolutely spot on 👏 #AVFC nitter.net/lmechegaray/status/1663859860138520577#m
    RT by @ground_guru: Here's the full schedule for Tuesday's Youth Development Webinar. Come and join us! More details via the link below. 🔗 https://trainingground.guru/articles/youth-development-2023-webinar
    Here's the full schedule for Tuesday's Youth Development Webinar. trainingground.guru/articles…
    RT by @ground_guru: Youth Development Webinar, June 6: 💪 Athletic: @DeasunO 📊 Analytics: @mathlacome 🫂 Leadership: Andy Goldie/Hannah Dingley/@LaLigaEN 🔎 Scouting: Benjamin Balkin 🧠 Neuroscience: @perrywalters10 📹 Video: Tom Hocking ⚽️ Coaching: @jackbraz29 https://trainingground.guru/articles/youth-development-2023-webinar
    Youth Development Webinar, June 6: @DeasunO @mathlacome @LaLigaEN @perrywalters10 @jackbraz29 trainingground.guru/articles…
    RT by @ground_guru: ▶️ Tom Hocking ~ Video analysis @WolvesAcademy ▶️ Carlos Casal Lopez ~ @LaLigaEN 10-year plan for Academies https://trainingground.guru/articles/youth-development-2023-webinar
    ▶️ Tom Hocking ~ Video analysis @WolvesAcademy @LaLigaEN 10-year plan for Academies trainingground.guru/articles…
    RT by @ground_guru: ✨ Stellar line-up for Tuesday's Youth Development Webinar ▶️ @DeasunO @SetantaCollege ~ Physically developing player & person ▶️ Hannah Dingley ~ Another way @FGRFC_Official ▶️ @mathlacome ~ Using data to aid player development @ParmaCalcio_en 1/3 https://trainingground.guru/articles/youth-development-2023-webinar
    ✨ Stellar line-up for Tuesday's Youth Development Webinar @DeasunO @SetantaCollege ~ Physically developing player & person @FGRFC_Official @mathlacome ~ Using data to aid player development @ParmaCalcio_en trainingground.guru/articles…
    RT by @ground_guru: 🚨 Our Youth Development Webinar is on Tuesday! Great response, with attendees signed up from dozens of clubs/ federations around the world, from Iceland to to Indonesia to Ireland to Italy Click the link to find out more/ buy your ticket https://trainingground.guru/articles/youth-development-2023-webinar
    🚨 Our Youth Development Webinar is on Tuesday! trainingground.guru/articles…
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    Scientists untangle how a compound found in many fruits and vegetables supports macrophages’ ability to clear out debris and apoptotic cells—a finding that may inform interventions for conditions involving impaired #efferocytosis. @SciSignal https://scim.ag/2PC
    Scientists untangle how a compound found in many fruits and vegetables supports macrophages’ ability to clear out debris and apoptotic cells—a finding that may inform interventions for conditions involving impaired #efferocytosis. @SciSignal scim.ag/2PC
    Several mammal species live in cold-water environments thanks to adaptations like blubber and large size. A notable exception is the sea otter—so how does it stay warm? A 2021 Science study found an answer: skeletal muscle thermogenesis. https://scim.ag/2Pz #WorldOtterDay
    Several mammal species live in cold-water environments thanks to adaptations like blubber and large size. A notable exception is the sea otter—so how does it stay warm? scim.ag/2Pz #WorldOtterDay
    RT by @ScienceMagazine: Sea otters eat on the go by cracking open mussels, sea urchins, and abalone with rocks, using their furry chests as anvils. On #WorldOtterDay, learn how marine biologists can pick out otter "utensils" from other rocks. https://scim.ag/2Pw
    Sea otters eat on the go by cracking open mussels, sea urchins, and abalone with rocks, using their furry chests as anvils. #WorldOtterDay, learn how marine biologists can pick out otter "utensils" from other rocks. scim.ag/2Pw
    RT by @ScienceMagazine: New research highlights the intrinsic plasticity of nanolaminate grains and their critical role in improving the strength and tensile ductility of structural metallic materials. Learn more in this week’s issue of Science Advances: https://scim.ag/2Pr
    New research highlights the intrinsic plasticity of nanolaminate grains and their critical role in improving the strength and tensile ductility of structural metallic materials. scim.ag/2Pr
    Scientists have devised a combination treatment for glioblastoma that can eradicate this deadly brain cancer in mice—and that proved safe in people with glioblastoma. https://scim.ag/2Pp @ScienceTM
    Scientists have devised a combination treatment for glioblastoma that can eradicate this deadly brain cancer in mice—and that proved safe in people with glioblastoma. scim.ag/2Pp @ScienceTM
    RT by @ScienceMagazine: This week's new issue of #ScienceTranslationalMedicine has arrived! A gene transfer therapy tested in mice shows promise for treating immune disorders, new research identifies a long-sought link between blood and bone in beta thalassemia, and more. https://scim.ag/2Pm
    This week's new issue of #ScienceTranslationalMedicine has arrived! scim.ag/2Pm
    RT by @ScienceMagazine: Congratulations to @PulsarGirl, @DuncanLorimer, and @MatthewBailes! Their groundbreaking discovery of the first fast radio burst (#FRB) was reported in a @ScienceMagazine paper in 2007, which launched an entire field of astronomy. It's free to read: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.1147532
    Congratulations to @PulsarGirl, @DuncanLorimer, and @MatthewBailes! #FRB) was reported in a @ScienceMagazine paper in 2007, which launched an entire field of astronomy. It's free to read: science.org/doi/10.1126/scie… nitter.net/ShawPrize/status/1663443876844306432#m
    "Concealing my struggles … hampered my ability to be my true self in the lab." https://scim.ag/2Pd #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth @ScienceCareers
    "Concealing my struggles … hampered my ability to be my true self in the lab." scim.ag/2Pd #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth @ScienceCareers
    Recent work on modular reconfiguration of #DNAorigami assemblies could be used to inform the development of molecular robots. Learn more in @SciRobotics: https://scim.ag/2P8
    Recent work on modular reconfiguration of #DNAorigami assemblies could be used to inform the development of molecular robots. @SciRobotics: scim.ag/2P8
    Soil microbiota transplanted from more stressful environmental conditions, such as drought or excessive heat or cold, can enhance tree tolerance to changing climates, researchers report in Science. 📄: https://scim.ag/2P5 #SciencePerspective: https://scim.ag/2P6
    Soil microbiota transplanted from more stressful environmental conditions, such as drought or excessive heat or cold, can enhance tree tolerance to changing climates, researchers report in Science. scim.ag/2P5 #SciencePerspective: scim.ag/2P6
    Do you know the story of aluminum? A new book Soil to Foil "masterfully traces" the expansive history of this abundant metal, argues a new @SciMagBooks review. Read more: https://scim.ag/2OZ
    Do you know the story of aluminum? @SciMagBooks review. Read more: scim.ag/2OZ
    Researchers are closing in on the long-sought goal of creating high-yielding hybrid crops that can be propagated indefinitely, without sex. Learn more in this @NewsfromScience feature: https://scim.ag/2OX @ScienceVisuals
    Researchers are closing in on the long-sought goal of creating high-yielding hybrid crops that can be propagated indefinitely, without sex. @NewsfromScience feature: scim.ag/2OX @ScienceVisuals
    Beer by-product was used to prepare canvasses for Danish Golden Age painters, a new study in @ScienceAdvances finds. https://scim.ag/2OU
    Beer by-product was used to prepare canvasses for Danish Golden Age painters, a new study in @ScienceAdvances finds. scim.ag/2OU
    Researchers have conducted a novel analysis of French Canadian ancestry in Quebec, Canada, since the 17th Century. https://scim.ag/2OS
    Researchers have conducted a novel analysis of French Canadian ancestry in Quebec, Canada, since the 17th Century. scim.ag/2OS
    Anti-PD-L1 therapy may have limited success in certain cancers because it unleashes the immunosuppressive capacity of regulatory T cells, a new @SciImmunology study finds in mice. https://scim.ag/2OP
    Anti-PD-L1 therapy may have limited success in certain cancers because it unleashes the immunosuppressive capacity of regulatory T cells, a new @SciImmunology study finds in mice. scim.ag/2OP
    On the latest #SciencePodcast🎙️, @boron110 sits down with @epennisi to talk tongues: Who has them, who doesn’t, and all their amazing elaborations. 🎧 Listen to this segment and more: https://scim.ag/2ON
    On the latest #SciencePodcast🎙️, @boron110 sits down with @epennisi to talk tongues: Who has them, who doesn’t, and all their amazing elaborations. scim.ag/2ON
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    Roma 2023 behaving like Porto 2003 here. Funny, that.
    Roma 2023 behaving like Porto 2003 here. Funny, that.
    R to @Zonal_Marking: think the most relevant thing is that Le Tissier has missed out because only seven defenders have been selected - and with England in and none of the midfielders known for playing at the back, it increases the chances of Daly being needed in defence again at some point.
    think the most relevant thing is that Le Tissier has missed out because only seven defenders have been selected - and with England in and none of the midfielders known for playing at the back, it increases the chances of Daly being needed in defence again at some point.
    RT by @Zonal_Marking: Earps, Hampton, Roebuck, Bright, Bronze, Carter, Charles, Greenwood, Morgan, Wubben-Moy, Coombs, Nobbs, Stanway, Toone, Walsh, Zelem, James, Kelly, Hemp, Robinson, Daly, England, Russo. A guide to Sarina Wiegman's 23-player squad for the World Cup: https://theathletic.com/4563187/2023/05/31/england-womens-world-cup-2023-squad-analysed/
    Earps, Hampton, Roebuck, Bright, Bronze, Carter, Charles, Greenwood, Morgan, Wubben-Moy, Coombs, Nobbs, Stanway, Toone, Walsh, Zelem, James, Kelly, Hemp, Robinson, Daly, England, Russo. A guide to Sarina Wiegman's 23-player squad for the World Cup: theathletic.com/4563187/2023…
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    is the word " Poop" a slur? The ansuwer, is looking more and more like Yes
    is the word " Poop" a slur? The ansuwer, is looking more and more like Yes
    boys nows the time to obtain one of thse and learn how to use it. shits about to get cuccoo for cocoa puffs .
    boys nows the time to obtain one of thse and learn how to use it. shits about to get cuccoo for cocoa puffs .
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    RT by @tetraduzione: 🥳 Congrats to all of the awardees 👇
    🥳 Congrats to all of the awardees 👇 nitter.net/IJCAIconf/status/1663988380546236416#m
    RT by @tetraduzione: We show that Transformers' successes are heavily linked to having seen significant portions of the required computation graph during training! This revelation, where models reduce multi-step reasoning into subgraph matching, raises questions about sparks of AGI claims 🦄
    We show that Transformers' successes are heavily linked to having seen significant portions of the required computation graph during training! This revelation, where models reduce multi-step reasoning into subgraph matching, raises questions about sparks of AGI claims 🦄
    RT by @tetraduzione: 🚀📢 GPT models have blown our minds with their astonishing capabilities. But, do they truly acquire the ability to perform reasoning tasks that humans find easy to execute? NO⛔️ We investigate the limits of Transformers *empirically* and *theoretically* on compositional tasks🔥
    🚀📢 GPT models have blown our minds with their astonishing capabilities. But, do they truly acquire the ability to perform reasoning tasks that humans find easy to execute? NO⛔️ We investigate the limits of Transformers *empirically* and *theoretically* on compositional tasks🔥
    RT by @tetraduzione: Re-upping in the light of recent discussion of AI "existential risk" -- six months ago I wrote a short article for Quanta magazine called "What Does It Mean to Align AI With Human Values?" https://www.quantamagazine.org/what-does-it-mean-to-align-ai-with-human-values-20221213/
    Re-upping in the light of recent discussion of AI "existential risk" -- six months ago I wrote a short article for Quanta magazine called "What Does It Mean to Align AI With Human Values?" quantamagazine.org/what-does…
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    this is what you get without an HOA
    this is what you get without an HOA
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    RT by @SwissRamble: Talking of Peel sessions Dave Strickson has put together an online archive of over a thousand Peel sessions with links to YouTube clips for them all. https://davestrickson.blogspot.com/2020/05/john-peel-sessions.html
    Talking of Peel sessions Dave Strickson has put together an online archive of over a thousand Peel sessions with links to YouTube clips for them all. davestrickson.blogspot.com/2…
    Lunchtime reminder of today’s review of Sampdoria’s finances following last night’s takeover announcement #Sampdoria #Samp #ForzaDoria #LUFC
    Lunchtime reminder of today’s review of Sampdoria’s finances following last night’s takeover announcement #Sampdoria #Samp #ForzaDoria #LUFC nitter.net/SwissRamble/status/1663802807277723648#m
    Financial comparison of this evening's UEFA Europa League finalists. It's a pretty close game on paper with Roma holding a small advantage over Sevilla #ASRoma #SevillaFC
    Financial comparison of this evening's UEFA Europa League finalists. It's a pretty close game on paper with Roma holding a small advantage over Sevilla #ASRoma #SevillaFC
    RT by @SwissRamble: It looks like the takeover of Sampdoria by Leeds United owner Andrea Radrizzani has just about got over the line after the club announced an agreement last night. But what are the financial issues facing @andrearadri ? #Sampdoria #ForzaDoria #Samp #LUFC https://swissramble.substack.com/p/sampdoria-finances-202122
    It looks like the takeover of Sampdoria by Leeds United owner Andrea Radrizzani has just about got over the line after the club announced an agreement last night. But what are the financial issues facing @andrearadri ? #Sampdoria #ForzaDoria #Samp #LUFC swissramble.substack.com/p/s…  ( 1 min )
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    R to @Redistrict: In the hypothetical Dem gerrymander below, six seats would all shift at least five points to the left, possibly stretching the current 15D-11R delegation to 21D-5R: #NY01 LaLota (R) #NY03 Santos (R) #NY04 D'Esposito (R) #NY17 Lawler (R) #NY19 Molinaro (R) #NY22 Williams (R)
    In the hypothetical Dem gerrymander below, six seats would all shift at least five points to the left, possibly stretching the current 15D-11R delegation to 21D-5R: #NY01 LaLota (R) #NY03 Santos (R) #NY04 D'Esposito (R) #NY17 Lawler (R) #NY19 Molinaro (R) #NY22 Williams (R)
    My latest for @CookPolitical: what could a new map in New York look like? Dems eye wiping five - or possibly six - GOP seats off the map for 2024. Part two of a deep NY dive... https://www.cookpolitical.com/analysis/house/new-york-house/what-new-democratic-map-new-york-could-look
    My latest for @CookPolitical: what could a new map in New York look like? Dems eye wiping five - or possibly six - GOP seats off the map for 2024. Part two of a deep NY dive... cookpolitical.com/analysis/h…
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    RT by @andrewgwils: 👩‍🚀 Scalable #MCMC algorithms landed on planet Fortuna (https://github.com/awslabs/fortuna)! We now support #CyclicalSGLD and #SGMCMC. Full-likelihood and batched-likelihood #HMC are on the way too 🙂 I am so happy about how quickly is Fortuna growing. Let's keep it up!
    👩‍🚀 Scalable #MCMC algorithms landed on planet Fortuna (github.com/awslabs/fortuna)! We now support #CyclicalSGLD and #SGMCMC. Full-likelihood and batched-likelihood #HMC are on the way too 🙂 I am so happy about how quickly is Fortuna growing. Let's keep it up!
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    Last shout for this week’s cartoon: https://www.theguardian.com/football/ng-interactive/2023/may/30/david-squires-premier-league-season-awards
    Last shout for this week’s cartoon: theguardian.com/football/ng-…

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    Job openings rates 7.7 percent in Alaska and Virginia in March 2023 https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2023/job-openings-rates-7-7-percent-in-alaska-and-virginia-in-march-2023.htm #BLSdata
    Job openings rates 7.7 percent in Alaska and Virginia in March 2023 bls.gov/opub/ted/2023/job-op… #BLSdata
    Job openings rates 7.7 percent in Alaska and Virginia in March 2023 https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2023/job-openings-rates-7-7-percent-in-alaska-and-virginia-in-march-2023.htm #BLSdata
    Job openings rates 7.7 percent in Alaska and Virginia in March 2023 bls.gov/opub/ted/2023/job-op… #BLSdata
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    This chocolate cake topped with milk chocolate frosting couldn't be easier—it's made, and baked, right in a cast iron skillet. https://www.seriouseats.com/chocolate-skillet-cake-with-milk-chocolate-ganache-frosting?taid=64768029c5325a0001095104&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    This chocolate cake topped with milk chocolate frosting couldn't be easier—it's made, and baked, right in a cast iron skillet. seriouseats.com/chocolate-sk…
    Crispy chunks of deep-fried battered chicken in a sweet, sour, and savory glaze with complex orange flavor. https://www.seriouseats.com/the-best-chinese-orange-chicken-recipe?taid=64767209593b3c0001f3b644&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    Crispy chunks of deep-fried battered chicken in a sweet, sour, and savory glaze with complex orange flavor. seriouseats.com/the-best-chi…
    When the harsh bite of raw onion is a little too much, this rapid-pickling method—easier than a quick pickle—will tame the allium's flavor while giving it a tart pop. It's like a raw onion and a pickle rolled into one. https://www.seriouseats.com/quick-pickle-rapid-pickled-onion-recipe?taid=647663df3e63f90001087bd4&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    When the harsh bite of raw onion is a little too much, this rapid-pickling method—easier than a quick pickle—will tame the allium's flavor while giving it a tart pop. It's like a raw onion and a pickle rolled into one. seriouseats.com/quick-pickle…
    The SE team pulled together 10 brands of vanilla ice cream you're likely to find in your local supermarket and methodically, empirically, scientifically! tasted its way through them all in a quest to identify the very best. https://www.seriouseats.com/best-vanilla-ice-cream-taste-test-7504723?taid=647647e2593b3c0001f3a7ca&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    The SE team pulled together 10 brands of vanilla ice cream you're likely to find in your local supermarket and methodically, empirically, scientifically! tasted its way through them all in a quest to identify the very best. seriouseats.com/best-vanilla…
    We rounded up our favorite kitchen-related Memorial Day sales, including products that have won our equipment reviews. https://www.seriouseats.com/best-memorial-day-sales-7498314?taid=647639dbbe2e4a00011a1606&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    We rounded up our favorite kitchen-related Memorial Day sales, including products that have won our equipment reviews. seriouseats.com/best-memoria…
    Taste the tropics, not ice water. https://www.seriouseats.com/pina-colada-tropical-rum-cocktail-pineapple-coconut-recipe?taid=64762ba1593b3c0001f39d77&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    Taste the tropics, not ice water. seriouseats.com/pina-colada-…
    All you need to make it at home is cream, buttermilk, and a little patience. https://www.seriouseats.com/how-to-make-creme-fraiche-in-1-easy-step?taid=64760f7df7bfd6000164b0ea&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    All you need to make it at home is cream, buttermilk, and a little patience. seriouseats.com/how-to-make-…
    A garlicky, savory pesto made from ramps, a foraged wild onion that chefs (and food writers) go wild for. https://www.seriouseats.com/ramp-pesto-recipe-7504162?taid=6476016ebe2e4a00011a0671&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    A garlicky, savory pesto made from ramps, a foraged wild onion that chefs (and food writers) go wild for. seriouseats.com/ramp-pesto-r…
    Bringing together a set of usual barbecue flavors—tangy, smoky, and sweet—this is one salad worthy of a seat next to a stack of fatty brisket. https://www.seriouseats.com/german-potato-salad?taid=64754aa8593b3c0001a7ebfd&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    Bringing together a set of usual barbecue flavors—tangy, smoky, and sweet—this is one salad worthy of a seat next to a stack of fatty brisket. seriouseats.com/german-potat…
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    Many scientists are concerned that changes to the National Pesticide Use Maps database will make it far less useful. https://scim.ag/2OL
    Many scientists are concerned that changes to the National Pesticide Use Maps database will make it far less useful. scim.ag/2OL
    The World Health Organization has ended the global health emergency for #mpox, 10 months after it was declared, as cases have fallen dramatically in Europe and the Americas. https://scim.ag/2OH
    The World Health Organization has ended the global health emergency for #mpox, 10 months after it was declared, as cases have fallen dramatically in Europe and the Americas. scim.ag/2OH
    NASA’s #JWST space telescope has observed a 10,000-kilometer-long plume of water vapor jetting into space from Saturn’s moon Enceladus—the largest spray ever detected from the icy world. https://scim.ag/2OB
    NASA’s #JWST space telescope has observed a 10,000-kilometer-long plume of water vapor jetting into space from Saturn’s moon Enceladus—the largest spray ever detected from the icy world. scim.ag/2OB
    Surplus #COVID19 vaccines are off limits to researchers who want to test next generation shots against existing ones. https://scim.ag/2OA
    Surplus #COVID19 vaccines are off limits to researchers who want to test next generation shots against existing ones. scim.ag/2OA
    Scientists hope the study—which strongly links multiple sclerosis with Epstein-Barr virus—will spur the development of a vaccine against EBV. #WorldMSDay https://scim.ag/2Ou
    Scientists hope the study—which strongly links multiple sclerosis with Epstein-Barr virus—will spur the development of a vaccine against EBV. #WorldMSDay scim.ag/2Ou
    Improving access to DNA sequences could also increase the risk of its misuse. https://scim.ag/2On
    Improving access to DNA sequences could also increase the risk of its misuse. scim.ag/2On
    This deer-tooth pendant from a Siberian cave yielded DNA left by a woman who lived some 20,000 years ago. https://scim.ag/2Ok
    This deer-tooth pendant from a Siberian cave yielded DNA left by a woman who lived some 20,000 years ago. scim.ag/2Ok
    A team of scientists says it has nailed down the major symptoms of #LongCovid. https://scim.ag/2Oa
    A team of scientists says it has nailed down the major symptoms of #LongCovid. scim.ag/2Oa
    President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy negotiated a deal that means science agencies will have to compete against all other civilian programs to win any increases from Congress. https://scim.ag/2O5
    President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy negotiated a deal that means science agencies will have to compete against all other civilian programs to win any increases from Congress. scim.ag/2O5
    Pollution from petrochemical plants is degrading petroglyphs on Australia’s Burrup Peninsula, researchers say. https://scim.ag/2NZ
    Pollution from petrochemical plants is degrading petroglyphs on Australia’s Burrup Peninsula, researchers say. scim.ag/2NZ
    Scientists report that they can trigger a hibernation-like state in mice by targeting part of their brain with pulses of ultrasound. https://scim.ag/2NY
    Scientists report that they can trigger a hibernation-like state in mice by targeting part of their brain with pulses of ultrasound. scim.ag/2NY
    Since first evolving 350 million years ago, the tongue has taken myriad forms, unlocking new niches and boosting the diversity of life. #LongReads https://scim.ag/2NX
    Since first evolving 350 million years ago, the tongue has taken myriad forms, unlocking new niches and boosting the diversity of life. #LongReads scim.ag/2NX
    Exclusive: Drilling below the seabed in the mid–Atlantic Ocean, researchers have collected an unprecedented amount of mantle rocks. https://scim.ag/2NW
    Exclusive: Drilling below the seabed in the mid–Atlantic Ocean, researchers have collected an unprecedented amount of mantle rocks. scim.ag/2NW
    Earth really was a planet of the apes—and their fossils have provided us with vital clues to human evolution. #ScienceMagArchives https://scim.ag/2NT
    Earth really was a planet of the apes—and their fossils have provided us with vital clues to human evolution. #ScienceMagArchives scim.ag/2NT
    A panel of advisers to the U.S. FDA voted unanimously that a vaccine given to pregnant people protects their young infants from severe #RSV. But they split on the Pfizer vaccine’s safety with some concerned it may increase rates of premature birth. https://scim.ag/2NS
    A panel of advisers to the U.S. FDA voted unanimously that a vaccine given to pregnant people protects their young infants from severe #RSV. But they split on the Pfizer vaccine’s safety with some concerned it may increase rates of premature birth. scim.ag/2NS
    “It’s a pity that, just by using magnets, we’ve been destroying this scientific information that was stored there for 4 billion years.” https://scim.ag/2NQ
    “It’s a pity that, just by using magnets, we’ve been destroying this scientific information that was stored there for 4 billion years.” scim.ag/2NQ
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    RT by @berkeley_ai: 🥳 We will be presenting nerfstudio at SIGGRAPH 2023 as a conference paper 🎉: https://arxiv.org/abs/2302.04264 Myself and many of the @nerfstudioteam will be attending the conference! Looking forward to meeting the @siggraph community 🙂 https://youtu.be/skoh-dPq0ew
    🥳 We will be presenting nerfstudio at SIGGRAPH 2023 as a conference paper 🎉: arxiv.org/abs/2302.04264 @nerfstudioteam will be attending the conference! Looking forward to meeting the @siggraph community 🙂 piped.video/skoh-dPq0ew
    RT by @berkeley_ai: Let’s check our AI xenophobia and consider AI’s creative upside. https://bit.ly/Boston-Globe-Op-Ed-on-AI-May-2023
    Let’s check our AI xenophobia and consider AI’s creative upside. bit.ly/Boston-Globe-Op-Ed-on… nitter.net/GlobeOpinion/status/1663548817399246850#m
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    oh you dont like my AI generated crap? ill just AI generate some people who do. then ill AI generate $1000000 and a wife who likes my posts
    oh you dont like my AI generated crap? ill just AI generate some people who do. then ill AI generate $1000000 and a wife who likes my posts
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    R to @steak_umm: totally missed the easy steakspeare pun. what's done can't be undone
    totally missed the easy steakspeare pun. what's done can't be undone
    R to @steak_umm: not a lot of shakespeare fans i see
    not a lot of shakespeare fans i see
    old twitter be like: to beef or not to beef 🔁 721,812,973 ❤️412,231,563
    old twitter be like: to beef or not to beef 🔁 721,812,973 ❤️412,231,563
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    “He’s always asking questions, he always wants to learn and he’s a student of the game. He’s certainly got the right mindset to fall into a career of coaching or management.” @Jimmy_shan78 on Josh Windass https://trainingground.guru/articles/jimmy-shan-why-darren-moore-is-the-%E2%80%98full-package%E2%80%99-as-a-manager#.ZHZnMZ0wd-w.twitter
    “He’s always asking questions, he always wants to learn and he’s a student of the game. He’s certainly got the right mindset to fall into a career of coaching or management.” @Jimmy_shan78 on Josh Windass trainingground.guru/articles…
    RT by @ground_guru: 🚨 NEW JOB ALERT! First Team Performance Analyst Placement (MSc) @NorwichCityFC @UniWorcAnalysis https://trainingground.guru/jobs-listings/first-team-performance-analyst-placement-(msc)
    🚨 NEW JOB ALERT! @NorwichCityFC @UniWorcAnalysis trainingground.guru/jobs-lis…
    RT by @ground_guru: 🚨 NEW JOB ALERT! Academy Physical Performance Coach @NorwichCityFC https://trainingground.guru/jobs-listings/academy-physical-performance-coach
    🚨 NEW JOB ALERT! @NorwichCityFC trainingground.guru/jobs-lis…
    RT by @ground_guru: Excited about presenting on the @ground_guru youth development webinar (6th June). I will be discussing physically developing the player/person in the context of Academy & community. I will share my experience in the EPL and the new Gaelic Games Sports Science Framework.
    Excited about presenting on the @ground_guru youth development webinar (6th June). I will be discussing physically developing the player/person in the context of Academy & community. I will share my experience in the EPL and the new Gaelic Games Sports Science Framework.
    JORG SCHMADTKE has been appointed as new @LFC Sporting Director, succeeding Julian Ward. #LFC https://trainingground.guru/articles/schmadtke-appointed-liverpool-sporting-director
    JORG SCHMADTKE has been appointed as new @LFC Sporting Director, succeeding Julian Ward. #LFC trainingground.guru/articles…
    RT by @ground_guru: Chelsea confirm Chris Jurasek as their new CEO. He will take "responsibility for all the business areas of the club and will report to the board alongside co-sporting directors Laurence Stewart and Paul Winstanley."🔵
    Chelsea confirm Chris Jurasek as their new CEO. He will take "responsibility for all the business areas of the club and will report to the board alongside co-sporting directors Laurence Stewart and Paul Winstanley."🔵
    RT by @ground_guru: Thanks for everything, Edwin ♥️ You embraced the role of CEO with the same vision that defined your days as a player. We are forever grateful for that. Once an Ajax legend, always an Ajax legend.
    Thanks for everything, Edwin ♥️ You embraced the role of CEO with the same vision that defined your days as a player. We are forever grateful for that. Once an Ajax legend, always an Ajax legend.
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    Five Republican seats would be at "extreme risk" if New York Democrats get another crack at redistricting. @Redistrict discusses what a redrawn map might look like: https://www.cookpolitical.com/analysis/house/new-york-house/what-new-democratic-map-new-york-could-look
    Five Republican seats would be at "extreme risk" if New York Democrats get another crack at redistricting. @Redistrict discusses what a redrawn map might look like: cookpolitical.com/analysis/h…
    Could Rep. Ed Case, a centrist Democrat representing a Biden +29 seat, be at risk of a primary in 2024? Read here to find out: https://www.cookpolitical.com/analysis/house/hawaii-house/2024-house-race-analysis-hawaii
    Could Rep. Ed Case, a centrist Democrat representing a Biden +29 seat, be at risk of a primary in 2024? Read here to find out: cookpolitical.com/analysis/h…
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    A new #SciencePodcast🎙️ series explores books on the science of sex and gender. In the first segment, Angela Saini talks with @MalinAhKing about her book and how research is revealing the active sexual strategies used by females across the animal kingdom. https://scim.ag/2OJ
    A new #SciencePodcast🎙️ series explores books on the science of sex and gender. In the first segment, Angela Saini talks with @MalinAhKing about her book and how research is revealing the active sexual strategies used by females across the animal kingdom. scim.ag/2OJ
    The movement of individual gliding filaments of nitrogen-fixing cyanobacteria Trichodesmium and their interactions with other filaments help these nitrogen-fixing cyanobacterium form aggregates in response to stress, a new Science study finds. https://scim.ag/2OE
    The movement of individual gliding filaments of nitrogen-fixing cyanobacteria Trichodesmium and their interactions with other filaments help these nitrogen-fixing cyanobacterium form aggregates in response to stress, a new Science study finds. scim.ag/2OE
    Deficiency of IgA antibodies influences how well the immune system can maintain control of intestinal bacteria, finds new study involving pediatric patients with varying IgA levels. @SciImmunology https://scim.ag/2Oy
    Deficiency of IgA antibodies influences how well the immune system can maintain control of intestinal bacteria, finds new study involving pediatric patients with varying IgA levels. @SciImmunology scim.ag/2Oy
    RT by @ScienceMagazine: This week’s new issue of #ScienceSignaling has arrived! Experiments in mice show how hepatic stellate cells help maintain normal liver mass, how the suppression of cholesterol synthesis by UHRF2 could be important for liver regeneration, and more. https://scim.ag/2Ox
    This week’s new issue of #ScienceSignaling has arrived! scim.ag/2Ox
    Upcoming negotiations surrounding the WHO international pandemic treaty need not be overly focused on formal compliance mechanisms and sanctions, argues a new #SciencePolicyForum. https://scim.ag/2Oq
    Upcoming negotiations surrounding the WHO international pandemic treaty need not be overly focused on formal compliance mechanisms and sanctions, argues a new #SciencePolicyForum. scim.ag/2Oq
    Higher depression risks are associated with suburban residential areas in Denmark, finds a new @ScienceAdvances study of urban forms and depression diagnoses across the country. https://scim.ag/2Od
    Higher depression risks are associated with suburban residential areas in Denmark, finds a new @ScienceAdvances study of urban forms and depression diagnoses across the country. scim.ag/2Od
    Last year, a Science analysis of data from U.S. military recruits suggests multiple sclerosis is a complication of infection with Epstein-Barr virus. Learn more on #WorldMSDay ⬇ 📄: https://scim.ag/2O8 #SciencePerspective: https://scim.ag/2O7
    Last year, a Science analysis of data from U.S. military recruits suggests multiple sclerosis is a complication of infection with Epstein-Barr virus. #WorldMSDay ⬇ scim.ag/2O8 #SciencePerspective: scim.ag/2O7
    It's not too late! Join #ScienceWebinars tomorrow at 12 p.m. E.T. for ➡️ A transfer of power: The cell-to-cell exchange of #mitochondria in #obesity and #aging. Learn more: https://scim.ag/2O2 #webinar
    It's not too late! Join #ScienceWebinars tomorrow at 12 p.m. E.T. for ➡️ A transfer of power: The cell-to-cell exchange of #mitochondria in #obesity and #aging. scim.ag/2O2 #webinar
    New in Science: As Alaskan permafrost warms, hibernating arctic ground squirrels generate less heat, causing females to emerge from hibernation up to 10 days before their male counterparts—a mismatch that could have large, cascading ecological impacts. https://scim.ag/2O0
    New in Science: As Alaskan permafrost warms, hibernating arctic ground squirrels generate less heat, causing females to emerge from hibernation up to 10 days before their male counterparts—a mismatch that could have large, cascading ecological impacts. scim.ag/2O0
    "By discussing our experiences openly, we can reduce the isolation, shame, and resistance to seeking help that can come with it." For this grad student, speaking publicly about #MentalHealth was scary but worth it. https://scim.ag/2NU #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth
    "By discussing our experiences openly, we can reduce the isolation, shame, and resistance to seeking help that can come with it." #MentalHealth was scary but worth it. scim.ag/2NU #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth
    El Niño has a persistent effect on economic growth, according to a new Science study, highlighting the sensitivity of global economies to climate variability independent of warming. https://scim.ag/2NR
    El Niño has a persistent effect on economic growth, according to a new Science study, highlighting the sensitivity of global economies to climate variability independent of warming. scim.ag/2NR
    New in Science: An electro-optical device has been developed that allows the generation of quantum entanglement between microwave and optical photon pairs. https://scim.ag/2NP
    New in Science: An electro-optical device has been developed that allows the generation of quantum entanglement between microwave and optical photon pairs. scim.ag/2NP
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    🤷🏾‍♀️🤷🏾‍♀️🤷🏾‍♀️
    🤷🏾‍♀️🤷🏾‍♀️🤷🏾‍♀️
    Make it make sense! Talk to me like a five year old as joy reid said! So first how is this even possible?! How are these people allowed to do this and who is approving it to pass! Yall better start paying attention and for those who don’t vote this is what happens when you don’t get involved!! They know this!! They know you wont vote!! You pay your taxes and dont vote? How is that being smart?! IF ONE THIRD OF AMERICA VOTES THIS IS WHAT WE GET PEOPLE!! Why cant yall see that?! These muthafuckas rather put untrained chaplins in WITH YOUR KIDS!! Then admit that some of this shit got to change!!! They are attempting to eliminate history. No compromise at all!! People who have a real relationship with God dont even believe this shit so why is it happening?! “My vote dont count, we need more parties, blah blah…” Meanwhile they setting up laws we will fight years to correct! But you know what it dont matter what i say cause if we wanted this different we would do something. Thoughts and prayers right?! By the way there was another mass shooting today. At this point if we stand by and let it happen we deserve it!! Im sick of it!!
    Make it make sense! Talk to me like a five year old as joy reid said! So first how is this even possible?! How are these people allowed to do this and who is approving it to pass! Yall better start paying attention and for those who don’t vote this is what happens when you don’t get involved!! They know this!! They know you wont vote!! You pay your taxes and dont vote? How is that being smart?! IF ONE THIRD OF AMERICA VOTES THIS IS WHAT WE GET PEOPLE!! Why cant yall see that?! These muthafuckas rather put untrained chaplins in WITH YOUR KIDS!! Then admit that some of this shit got to change!!! They are attempting to eliminate history. No compromise at all!! People who have a real relationship with God dont even believe this shit so why is it happening?! “My vote dont count, we need more parties, blah blah…” Meanwhile they setting up laws we will fight years to correct! But you know what it dont matter what i say cause if we wanted this different we would do something. Thoughts and prayers right?! By the way there was another mass shooting today. At this point if we stand by and let it happen we deserve it!! Im sick of it!!  ( 2 min )
    I never understand republicans like this. They be the main one doing the things they complain about! We are tired of you now! You are not growing or not equipped for change. Please go back under your rock! Thanks Austin! So sorry you had to break it down again!
    I never understand republicans like this. They be the main one doing the things they complain about! We are tired of you now! You are not growing or not equipped for change. Please go back under your rock! Thanks Austin! So sorry you had to break it down again!
    RT by @Lesdoggg: Hey y’all! I’ll be opening for @Lesdoggg this weekend in Durham, NC and Charleston, SC!! Hope to see y’all there! Skeeeww!!
    Hey y’all! I’ll be opening for @Lesdoggg this weekend in Durham, NC and Charleston, SC!! Hope to see y’all there! Skeeeww!!
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    If Martian microbes were like those in this Earth lagoon, they could have survived the Red Planet's primordial desiccation https://trib.al/i57FCiK
    If Martian microbes were like those in this Earth lagoon, they could have survived the Red Planet's primordial desiccation trib.al/i57FCiK
    The COVID pandemic caused a U.S.-wide decline in fertility rates, but red states actually saw increases https://trib.al/QtYNLj0
    The COVID pandemic caused a U.S.-wide decline in fertility rates, but red states actually saw increases trib.al/QtYNLj0
    Southern Ocean phytoplankton help to brighten Earth's clouds https://trib.al/jvRfTEE
    Southern Ocean phytoplankton help to brighten Earth's clouds trib.al/jvRfTEE
    Miniature satellites called CubeSats will collect meteorologic data that NASA hopes will help explain how and why some tropical storms intensify as they approach land https://trib.al/RGbgH90
    Miniature satellites called CubeSats will collect meteorologic data that NASA hopes will help explain how and why some tropical storms intensify as they approach land trib.al/RGbgH90
    Earlier this month a meteorite crashed through the roof of a New Jersey home. The residents are still pondering the fate of their gift from the skies https://trib.al/zVJwDvg
    Earlier this month a meteorite crashed through the roof of a New Jersey home. The residents are still pondering the fate of their gift from the skies trib.al/zVJwDvg
    The weight of New York City's 1.1 million buildings is making the city slowly sink https://trib.al/2MFphXe
    The weight of New York City's 1.1 million buildings is making the city slowly sink trib.al/2MFphXe
    The device provides a connection between the brain and spinal cord, allowing thought to control movement https://trib.al/tV5awv2
    The device provides a connection between the brain and spinal cord, allowing thought to control movement trib.al/tV5awv2
    A new study found more than 5,000 new species in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone, a mineral-rich area of seafloor that companies aim to mine for critical materials https://trib.al/uhlYWtM
    A new study found more than 5,000 new species in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone, a mineral-rich area of seafloor that companies aim to mine for critical materials trib.al/uhlYWtM
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    RT by @tetraduzione: Saturday's fundraising gig at the Leith Depot! All proceeds are going to the hardship fund!! #ucuRISING
    Saturday's fundraising gig at the Leith Depot! All proceeds are going to the hardship fund!! #ucuRISING
    RT by @tetraduzione: anthropomorphising AI is misleading
    anthropomorphising AI is misleading
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    R to @beenwrekt: (Add me to the list of people who don't believe he did Murph in 39:58. Partitioned or not.)
    (Add me to the list of people who don't believe he did Murph in 39:58. Partitioned or not.)
    What should we make of Zuckerberg's transition from AI to Bro Science?
    What should we make of Zuckerberg's transition from AI to Bro Science?
    RT by @beenwrekt: Another way to expand the painting, idiots, is to stand closer.
    Another way to expand the painting, idiots, is to stand closer.
    R to @beenwrekt: The person who started this stupid petition fakes his Google Scholar citations. What does that say about the signatories? https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=czyretsAAAAJ&hl=en
    The person who started this stupid petition fakes his Google Scholar citations. What does that say about the signatories? scholar.google.com/citations…
    R to @beenwrekt: Why do we have to pay attention to change dot org petitions just because they got a custom domain? Is it because Grimes signed it?
    Why do we have to pay attention to change dot org petitions just because they got a custom domain? Is it because Grimes signed it?
    R to @beenwrekt: It's hilarious that the actual statement from this fake non-profit from Berkeley is 10x shorter than Roose's characteristically breathless claptrap. https://www.safe.ai/statement-on-ai-risk
    It's hilarious that the actual statement from this fake non-profit from Berkeley is 10x shorter than Roose's characteristically breathless claptrap. safe.ai/statement-on-ai-risk
    It's going to be one of those really stupid days on Twitter.
    It's going to be one of those really stupid days on Twitter. nitter.net/kevinroose/status/1663536187691397122#m
    I don't understand how anyone can interpret this guy's crystal ball reading as anything other than piss-taking.
    I don't understand how anyone can interpret this guy's crystal ball reading as anything other than piss-taking. nitter.net/doRadiology/status/1662951855649849346#m  ( 1 min )
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    RT by @losthunderlads: My piece in favor of language study has just seen the light of day in @ChronicleReview. Those supportive of inculcating a genuine cosmopolitanism in students may want to take a look. Opinion | The Hypocrisy of English-Only 'Decolonization' https://www.chronicle.com/article/the-hypocrisy-of-english-only-decolonization
    My piece in favor of language study has just seen the light of day in @ChronicleReview. Those supportive of inculcating a genuine cosmopolitanism in students may want to take a look. chronicle.com/article/the-hy…
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    tmblr.co/ZuM2KydvRGLTmy00
    I don't share the Dulles-era CIA's taste in art, and if they had been tasked to assassinate President Kennedy he would be alive and well and celebrating his 106th birthday today.
    I don't share the Dulles-era CIA's taste in art, and if they had been tasked to assassinate President Kennedy he would be alive and well and celebrating his 106th birthday today. nitter.net/grapesmoker/status/1663212073772253185#m
    When Trump starts calling himself "Brother Number One" and urging his followers to kill everyone who wears glasses, Susan Collins will be very distressed.
    When Trump starts calling himself "Brother Number One" and urging his followers to kill everyone who wears glasses, Susan Collins will be very distressed. nitter.net/BruceBartlett/status/1663203008530792449#m
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    Chelsea finished 2022-23 30 points worse off than 2021-22, but where does that rank in the list of the worst ever Premier League points regressions? @alitweedale takes a look https://theanalyst.com/2023/05/2022-23-chelsea-disaster-worst-points-regressions-premier-league-history/
    Chelsea finished 2022-23 30 points worse off than 2021-22, but where does that rank in the list of the worst ever Premier League points regressions? @alitweedale takes a look theanalyst.com/2023/05/2022-…
    Here's the 2022-23 Premier League Team of the Season, as selected by @OptaJoe. https://theanalyst.com/eu/2023/05/premier-league-team-of-the-season-2022-23/
    Here's the 2022-23 Premier League Team of the Season, as selected by @OptaJoe. theanalyst.com/eu/2023/05/pr…
    RT by @OptaAnalyst: Unwanted Premier League Awards 😖 ◾️ Most shots without scoring? ◽️ Most minutes without completing a pass? ◾️ Most chances created without an assist? We run through an alternative awards ceremony. ⬇️ https://theanalyst.com/2023/05/premier-league-unwanted-end-of-season-awards/
    Unwanted Premier League Awards 😖 theanalyst.com/2023/05/premi…
    Jose Mourinho will lead Roma in another European final tomorrow night, as they face Sevilla in the UEFA Europa League final. Can he become the most decorated manager in European competition history? @AaronBartonUK looks at his final record. https://theanalyst.com/eu/2023/05/jose-mourinho-in-european-finals/
    Jose Mourinho will lead Roma in another European final tomorrow night, as they face Sevilla in the UEFA Europa League final. @AaronBartonUK looks at his final record. theanalyst.com/eu/2023/05/jo…
    RT by @OptaAnalyst: Is it time for Manchester United to replace David de Gea? Roy Keane certainly thinks so. We look at some potential replacements for the goalkeeper at Old Trafford. https://theanalyst.com/eu/2023/05/david-de-gea-man-utd-replacements-costa-raya/
    Is it time for Manchester United to replace David de Gea? Roy Keane certainly thinks so. theanalyst.com/eu/2023/05/da…
    RT by @OptaAnalyst: Another 33 goals on the Premier League's final day saw 2022-23 become the most productive 20-team season since the league was launched in 1992, with 1,084 goals scored. ⚽️🔥 We investigated the continuing PL goal trend. 📈
    Another 33 goals on the Premier League's final day saw 2022-23 become the most productive 20-team season since the league was launched in 1992, with 1,084 goals scored. ⚽️🔥 We investigated the continuing PL goal trend. 📈
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    Why is India dropping evolution and the periodic table from school science? https://go.nature.com/3OM92Rf
    Why is India dropping evolution and the periodic table from school science? go.nature.com/3OM92Rf
    R to @Nature: European University Association @euatweets has placed Turkey at the bottom of its academic freedom scorecard. It says, if asked, it can support and advise Turkey on increasing the involvement of the university community in institutional decision-making. (6/6)
    European University Association @euatweets has placed Turkey at the bottom of its academic freedom scorecard. It says, if asked, it can support and advise Turkey on increasing the involvement of the university community in institutional decision-making. (6/6)
    R to @Nature: But Boğaziçi University psychologist @esramungan is not confident that the re-elected government will protect autonomy. She plans to stay and continue resisting. “We are over 25 million that are not just against, but extremely against what is going on in our country.” (5/6)
    But Boğaziçi University psychologist @esramungan is not confident that the re-elected government will protect autonomy. She plans to stay and continue resisting. “We are over 25 million that are not just against, but extremely against what is going on in our country.” (5/6)
    R to @Nature: Political scientist @nebimis from the Ankara-based think-tank SETA, which has long-standing ties to the governing AK party, says Erdoğan’s promise to establish boards of trustees in state universities is a “step that will strengthen academic autonomy.” (4/6)
    Political scientist @nebimis from the Ankara-based think-tank SETA, which has long-standing ties to the governing AK party, says Erdoğan’s promise to establish boards of trustees in state universities is a “step that will strengthen academic autonomy.” (4/6)
    R to @Nature: Bioethicist Yasemin Yalım, who worked at Ankara University, took early retirement in 2020 because of declining academic freedom. “I am an ethicist; I need to have freedom of speech. If I don’t have it, there is no meaning of teaching. That’s why I retired.” (3/6)
    Bioethicist Yasemin Yalım, who worked at Ankara University, took early retirement in 2020 because of declining academic freedom. “I am an ethicist; I need to have freedom of speech. If I don’t have it, there is no meaning of teaching. That’s why I retired.” (3/6)
    R to @Nature: Erdoğan’s government appoints unelected university rectors, curbs academic freedom and micro-manages university spending. “The one-man way of ruling has permeated into all universities, even the most progressive ones,” says Sabancı University’s biophysicist @cananatlgn (2/6)
    Erdoğan’s government appoints unelected university rectors, curbs academic freedom and micro-manages university spending. “The one-man way of ruling has permeated into all universities, even the most progressive ones,” says Sabancı University’s biophysicist @cananatlgn (2/6)
    Turkish researchers tell Nature they fear their voices will be further silenced after the re-election of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on 28 May. Some plan to migrate or retire, but others say they will stay & fight for academic autonomy. (1/6) https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-01775-7
    Turkish researchers tell Nature they fear their voices will be further silenced after the re-election of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on 28 May. Some plan to migrate or retire, but others say they will stay & fight for academic autonomy. (1/6) nature.com/articles/d41586-0…
    "Our voices were crucial in persuading UN states to back legal obligations to act on climate change. Here’s how we did it" – Cynthia Houniuhi | @littlemere_solo https://go.nature.com/3oKuj30
    "Our voices were crucial in persuading UN states to back legal obligations to act on climate change. Here’s how we did it" – Cynthia Houniuhi | @littlemere_solo go.nature.com/3oKuj30
    Why the world needs more transparency on the origins of novel pathogens https://go.nature.com/42teQT7
    Why the world needs more transparency on the origins of novel pathogens go.nature.com/42teQT7
    Audio long read: Can giant surveys of scientists fight misinformation on COVID, climate change and more? https://go.nature.com/3IKx4bz
    Audio long read: Can giant surveys of scientists fight misinformation on COVID, climate change and more? go.nature.com/3IKx4bz
    Authors from richer, English-speaking countries gain unconscious boost when identified to referees, study finds https://go.nature.com/45FFScr
    Authors from richer, English-speaking countries gain unconscious boost when identified to referees, study finds go.nature.com/45FFScr
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    useful piece!
    useful piece! nitter.net/baseballot/status/1663552792374706178#m
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    “Ever wonder what the rest of the Mona Lisa looks like?” Me (imagining I’ll finally get to see the Mona Lisa’s cans): Yes
    “Ever wonder what the rest of the Mona Lisa looks like?” Me (imagining I’ll finally get to see the Mona Lisa’s cans): Yes
    RT by @pixelatedboat: AMAZING: We’ve utilised the incredible power of AI to make something dogshit.
    AMAZING: We’ve utilised the incredible power of AI to make something dogshit.
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    No new grants at #SCOTUS today. Here's the full order list: https://www.supremecourt.gov/orders/courtorders/053023zor_d18f.pdf
    No new grants at #SCOTUS today. Here's the full order list: supremecourt.gov/orders/cour…
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    Lunchtime reminder of today’s review of Coventry City’s finances #PUSB
    Lunchtime reminder of today’s review of Coventry City’s finances #PUSB nitter.net/SwissRamble/status/1663442128104505345#m
    RT by @SwissRamble: Coventry City fans will be understandably disappointed after the result of the Championship play-off final, but the good news is that their club is in better shape than it has been for some time. Here's a review of the Sky Blues' finances #PUSB https://swissramble.substack.com/p/coventry-city-finances-202122
    Coventry City fans will be understandably disappointed after the result of the Championship play-off final, but the good news is that their club is in better shape than it has been for some time. Here's a review of the Sky Blues' finances #PUSB swissramble.substack.com/p/c…
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    Here’s this week’s cartoon for @guardian_sport https://www.theguardian.com/football/ng-interactive/2023/may/30/david-squires-premier-league-season-awards
    Here’s this week’s cartoon for @guardian_sport theguardian.com/football/ng-…
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    RT by @Zonal_Marking: The 2022/23 Premier League season - and all 20 sides - summarised in 10 games. https://theathletic.com/4555477/2023/05/30/premier-league-2022-23-10-games/?source=emp_shared_article
    The 2022/23 Premier League season - and all 20 sides - summarised in 10 games. theathletic.com/4555477/2023…
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    When I first saw this, I mistakenly took "France also gave us this land as American soil" to mean that the French played the key role in defeating the British in 1781. Which is true, but tactless to bring up on a holiday honoring the USA's war dead.
    When I first saw this, I mistakenly took "France also gave us this land as American soil" to mean that the French played the key role in defeating the British in 1781. Which is true, but tactless to bring up on a holiday honoring the USA's war dead. nitter.net/DannyDeraney/status/1663234994964402176#m
    Harks back to the funniest moment in Charlie Chaplin's GREAT DICTATOR, when he writhes and screams about "die Juden, ach, die Juden!" for a couple of minutes after which the interpreter says "His excellency has made reference to the Jewish people."
    Harks back to the funniest moment in Charlie Chaplin's GREAT DICTATOR, when he writhes and screams about "die Juden, ach, die Juden!" for a couple of minutes after which the interpreter says "His excellency has made reference to the Jewish people." nitter.net/Nick_Ashdown/status/1663129114100871169#m
    R to @losthunderlads: Kirsch uses Pfitzner's connection with Thomas Mann to justify his fond treatment of him, while Alex Ross had used the figure of Richard Strauss to the same end.
    Kirsch uses Pfitzner's connection with Thomas Mann to justify his fond treatment of him, while Alex Ross had used the figure of Richard Strauss to the same end.
    R to @losthunderlads: THE NEW YORKER in 1997 and that I still think about from time to time. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1997/07/21/the-devils-disciple
    THE NEW YORKER in 1997 and that I still think about from time to time. newyorker.com/magazine/1997/…
    This brings to mind another, equally affectionate magazine piece about Pfitzner, one that ran in https://newcriterion.com/issues/2023/6/pfitzners-end
    This brings to mind another, equally affectionate magazine piece about Pfitzner, one that ran in newcriterion.com/issues/2023…
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    This classic strawberry jam is built on a very basic formula. Follow it and you'll have a jam that comes together quickly and ends up bright and fruity. https://www.seriouseats.com/customizable-strawberry-jam-recipe?taid=64752e7b6859090001c379ca&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    This classic strawberry jam is built on a very basic formula. Follow it and you'll have a jam that comes together quickly and ends up bright and fruity. seriouseats.com/customizable…
    Simple pantry ingredients, plus some fresh herbs, are all you need to make these grilled tarragon-chicken skewers for your next easy summertime meal. https://www.seriouseats.com/grilled-tarragon-mustard-chicken-skewers-recipe?taid=6475206bc5325a0001716080&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    Simple pantry ingredients, plus some fresh herbs, are all you need to make these grilled tarragon-chicken skewers for your next easy summertime meal. seriouseats.com/grilled-tarr…
    A perfect summery drink that combines sweet, juicy mangoes, warming ginger, a hint of spice and vegetal notes from green jalapeño, refreshing lime-lemon soda and a crisp lager. https://www.seriouseats.com/mango-shandy?taid=6475125b593b3c0001a7dd2f&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    A perfect summery drink that combines sweet, juicy mangoes, warming ginger, a hint of spice and vegetal notes from green jalapeño, refreshing lime-lemon soda and a crisp lager. seriouseats.com/mango-shandy…
    This no-cook syrup has a light and fragrant mango flavor. Strips of fresh mango peel add a hint of piney aroma, while sour lemon or lime rind cuts through the mango's natural sweetness. https://www.seriouseats.com/fresh-mango-syrup?taid=6474f63d593b3c0001a7d4e9&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    This no-cook syrup has a light and fragrant mango flavor. Strips of fresh mango peel add a hint of piney aroma, while sour lemon or lime rind cuts through the mango's natural sweetness. seriouseats.com/fresh-mango-…
    Classic smashed cheeseburgers with maximum juiciness and a deep brown, beefy crust. This simple, quick recipe is perfect for a weeknight dinner. https://www.seriouseats.com/classic-smashed-burgers-recipe?taid=6474e82b6859090001c36baa&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    Classic smashed cheeseburgers with maximum juiciness and a deep brown, beefy crust. This simple, quick recipe is perfect for a weeknight dinner. seriouseats.com/classic-smas…
    This classic baked custard becomes extra rich and dark with caramel both on the inside and out, and a higher ratio of cream and yolks than the usual. https://www.seriouseats.com/double-caramel-flan-recipe?taid=6474da1bbe2e4a000119c78a&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    This classic baked custard becomes extra rich and dark with caramel both on the inside and out, and a higher ratio of cream and yolks than the usual. seriouseats.com/double-caram…
    We used the smart oven and accompanying app to bake, sous vide, steam, and roast. https://www.seriouseats.com/anova-precision-oven-review-7479978?taid=6474bdfb6859090001c36160&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    We used the smart oven and accompanying app to bake, sous vide, steam, and roast. seriouseats.com/anova-precis…
    Unlike fresh fruit, which is loaded with water, freeze-dried fruit is a zero-moisture ingredient that helps stabilize this no-churn ice cream, while adding a concentrated dose of flavor and color. https://www.seriouseats.com/how-to-make-no-churn-fruit-ice-cream?taid=6474affdc5325a00017145ca&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    Unlike fresh fruit, which is loaded with water, freeze-dried fruit is a zero-moisture ingredient that helps stabilize this no-churn ice cream, while adding a concentrated dose of flavor and color. seriouseats.com/how-to-make-…
    Here's how to transform no-bake cheesecakes with freeze-dried fruit. https://www.seriouseats.com/no-bake-cheesecake-with-freeze-dried-fruit?taid=6473f91c593b3c0001004e40&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    Here's how to transform no-bake cheesecakes with freeze-dried fruit. seriouseats.com/no-bake-chee…
    Inspired by a South Asian rice-and-lentils dish, this British recipe combines lightly curry-spiced rice with flaked smoked fish, boiled eggs, and buttery onions. https://www.seriouseats.com/kedgeree-british-scottish-curry-rice-with-smoked-haddock-recipe-7198140?taid=6473eb0cbe2e4a0001199f5d&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
    Inspired by a South Asian rice-and-lentils dish, this British recipe combines lightly curry-spiced rice with flaked smoked fish, boiled eggs, and buttery onions. seriouseats.com/kedgeree-bri…
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    R to @gelliottmorris: getting a lot of deja vu from this tweet -- how is it already june 2021 again
    getting a lot of deja vu from this tweet -- how is it already june 2021 again
    I don't know if "Democrats" are refusing to do anything about democracy reform so much as Joe Manchin is
    I don't know if "Democrats" are refusing to do anything about democracy reform so much as Joe Manchin is nitter.net/playedaroundwi4/status/1663311846034620418#m  ( 1 min )
    R to @gelliottmorris: (fwiw, i generally object to the "final five" system on theoretical grounds, mainly because it weakens our already struggling parties, but empirically (with sample size n = 1) it does seem to produce non-zero incentives for candidates to moderate)
    (fwiw, i generally object to the "final five" system on theoretical grounds, mainly because it weakens our already struggling parties, but empirically (with sample size n = 1) it does seem to produce non-zero incentives for candidates to moderate)
    Yeah, this... The chance of meaningful federal democracy reform approached zero the second the issue was politicized. IMO the best voters can hope for in the immediate future is statewide efforts—probably open primaries w ranked-choice voting, rather than anti-gerrymandering laws
    Yeah, this... The chance of meaningful federal democracy reform approached zero the second the issue was politicized. IMO the best voters can hope for in the immediate future is statewide efforts—probably open primaries w ranked-choice voting, rather than anti-gerrymandering laws nitter.net/umichvoter/status/1663305792261353473#m
    seeing a lot of sophomoric tweets linking tom wambsgans and jay gatsby
    seeing a lot of sophomoric tweets linking tom wambsgans and jay gatsby
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    RT by @Lesdoggg: Voting matters. Republicans were expecting a red wave but Democrats flipped the Senate by only a few hundred votes giving them trifecta control.
    Voting matters. Republicans were expecting a red wave but Democrats flipped the Senate by only a few hundred votes giving them trifecta control.
    Way to go Minnesota!! I’m gonna keep yelling this! If you can run your state you should not be running the United States!! Get your state right first!! This is how it should look!! Let’s hope THIS catches on instead of the fuck shit happening now!!
    Way to go Minnesota!! I’m gonna keep yelling this! If you can run your state you should not be running the United States!! Get your state right first!! This is how it should look!! Let’s hope THIS catches on instead of the fuck shit happening now!!  ( 1 min )
    Really great movie!! Check it out @Sweetwatermovie
    Really great movie!! Check it out @Sweetwatermovie
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    RT by @tetraduzione: 📢Submit your work and attend ML4H this year in New Orleans (co-located with NeurIPS)! We've got a fantastic team preparing a super exciting program with submission tracks, awards, mentorship, and networking🎉
    📢Submit your work and attend ML4H this year in New Orleans (co-located with NeurIPS)! nitter.net/SymposiumML4H/status/1663175316297379840#m
    R to @tetraduzione: I managed to tag the wrong MIT account @MIT_CSAIL
    I managed to tag the wrong MIT account @MIT_CSAIL
    raise the bar
    raise the bar nitter.net/Manderljung/status/1662578042399780865#m
    R to @tetraduzione: "[It] stands out for its axiomatic approach, [...] its theoretical contributions [...]. It also provides a solid foundation for future developments in probabilistic circuits. We hope that this work can motivate the PL community to explore [...] the domain of inference"
    "[It] stands out for its axiomatic approach, [...] its theoretical contributions [...]. It also provides a solid foundation for future developments in probabilistic circuits. We hope that this work can motivate the PL community to explore [...] the domain of inference"
    Superhappy to discuss the Atlas paper 📜https://papers.nips.cc/paper/2021/hash/6e01383fd96a17ae51cc3e15447e7533-Abstract.html tomorrow at the @MITCSAIL #Programming #Languages Review 👉https://plr.csail.mit.edu/ as one of the papers that "that may substantially transform the #PL community and beyond"!
    Superhappy to discuss the Atlas paper papers.nips.cc/paper/2021/ha… @MITCSAIL #Programming #Languages Review plr.csail.mit.edu/ #PL community and beyond"!
    RT by @tetraduzione: Our #CallForParticipation is out; Machine Learning for Health (ML4H) is back! It will be in-person in New Orleans on December 10, co-located with @NeurIPSConf. Be sure to retweet and follow @SymposiumML4H for more details! https://ml4health.github.io/2023/call_for_participation.html
    Our #CallForParticipation is out; Machine Learning for Health (ML4H) is back! It will be in-person in New Orleans on December 10, co-located with @NeurIPSConf. Be sure to retweet and follow @SymposiumML4H for more details! ml4health.github.io/2023/cal…
    RT by @tetraduzione: Super excited to announce that the pre-print draft of our textbook “Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning: Foundations and Modern Approaches” is now available on the official page http://www.marl-book.com! Can’t wait to see what the community thinks!
    Super excited to announce that the pre-print draft of our textbook “Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning: Foundations and Modern Approaches” is now available on the official page marl-book.com! Can’t wait to see what the community thinks! nitter.net/UoE_Agents/status/1663066127218491394#m
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    "A university is like a city … But in too many of those cities, postdocs … are priced out." A new #ExperimentalError column reflects on a “serious flaw” in one institution’s affordable housing efforts. https://scim.ag/2NO @adam_ruben @ScienceCareers
    "A university is like a city … But in too many of those cities, postdocs … are priced out." #ExperimentalError column reflects on a “serious flaw” in one institution’s affordable housing efforts. scim.ag/2NO @adam_ruben @ScienceCareers
    A new #SciencePerspectives looks at the current approaches and challenges facing regenerative medicine. https://scim.ag/2NN
    A new #SciencePerspectives looks at the current approaches and challenges facing regenerative medicine. scim.ag/2NN
    Although the cognitive benefits of a brain-stimulating technique known as #tACS are debated, a new meta-analysis of 100+ clinical studies shows that tACS boosts cognition across age groups and in people with neuropsychiatric disorders. https://scim.ag/2NE @ScienceTM
    Although the cognitive benefits of a brain-stimulating technique known as #tACS are debated, a new meta-analysis of 100+ clinical studies shows that tACS boosts cognition across age groups and in people with neuropsychiatric disorders. scim.ag/2NE @ScienceTM
    "I was late learning about science; I didn’t even know what research was until I was 20 years old. For much of my scientific training I feared I was behind my peers. But I have been able to close the gap—and that is something to be proud of." https://scim.ag/2N4
    "I was late learning about science; I didn’t even know what research was until I was 20 years old. For much of my scientific training I feared I was behind my peers. scim.ag/2N4
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    “Mauricio got his chance when he was 16 or 17 at Newell's Old Boys and that is always in his mind. No-one has to explain to him what it means to give a chance." @jesus_perez #CFC https://trainingground.guru/articles/jesus-perez-pochettino-philosophy-is-risk-with-knowledge
    “Mauricio got his chance when he was 16 or 17 at Newell's Old Boys and that is always in his mind. No-one has to explain to him what it means to give a chance." @jesus_perez #CFC trainingground.guru/articles…
    RT by @ground_guru: "I was lucky to work with some very good managers, but you could quickly see that Mauricio was exceptional. His attention to detail was just immense and he also had the personal touch." James Bunce (@AS_Monaco_EN Head of Performance) https://trainingground.guru/articles/james-bunce-from-struggles-with-the-saints-to-top-of-us-soccer
    "I was lucky to work with some very good managers, but you could quickly see that Mauricio was exceptional. His attention to detail was just immense and he also had the personal touch." @AS_Monaco_EN Head of Performance) trainingground.guru/articles…
    RT by @ground_guru: The smile says it all! #EFLPlayOffs | @swfc
    The smile says it all! #EFLPlayOffs | @swfc
    RT by @ground_guru: Football can be a brutal business & on the receiving end of a ‘club-wide cull’ in 2008 at @NorwichCityFC Its normally an inflection point. Both for person & club Investing in the relationships you’ve built through the yrs can help - I was thankful for a job offer 30mins later!
    Football can be a brutal business & on the receiving end of a ‘club-wide cull’ in 2008 at @NorwichCityFC nitter.net/ground_guru/status/1663207702946783232#m
    One of the longest-serving practitioners in English football
    One of the longest-serving practitioners in English football nitter.net/ground_guru/status/1663208327776460802#m
    .@SouthamptonFC Head of Sport Science and first-team fitness coach @aleksgross is leaving the club after a decade following their relegation from the Premier League. #SaintsFC https://trainingground.guru/articles/southampton-head-of-sport-science-gross-exits-after-a-decade
    .@SouthamptonFC Head of Sport Science and first-team fitness coach @aleksgross is leaving the club after a decade following their relegation from the Premier League. #SaintsFC trainingground.guru/articles…
    Another senior departure from @SouthamptonFC following their recent relegation: Head of Sport Science @aleksgross is exiting the club after a decade More below https://trainingground.guru/articles/southampton-head-of-sport-science-gross-exits-after-a-decade
    Another senior departure from @SouthamptonFC following their recent relegation: @aleksgross is exiting the club after a decade trainingground.guru/articles…
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    Sheffield Wednesday 1-0 Barnsley (AET) The Owls are flying back to the Championship. This was the team that were 4-0 down after the first leg of their play-off semi-final...
    Sheffield Wednesday 1-0 Barnsley (AET) The Owls are flying back to the Championship. This was the team that were 4-0 down after the first leg of their play-off semi-final...
    RT by @OptaAnalyst: With the 2022-23 Premier League season now over, our seasonal Opta stat hub is up to date and finalised for the campaign. All the key team and player stats in here ⬇️ https://theanalyst.com/eu/2022/10/premier-league-stats-2022-23/
    With the 2022-23 Premier League season now over, our seasonal Opta stat hub is up to date and finalised for the campaign. theanalyst.com/eu/2022/10/pr…
    RT by @OptaAnalyst: Aleksandar Mitrovic missed four of the eight penalties that he took for Fulham in the 2022-23 Premier League season, becoming the first player to ever miss as many as four penalties in a single EPL campaign. https://theanalyst.com/eu/2023/05/best-penalty-takers-in-the-premier-league/
    Aleksandar Mitrovic missed four of the eight penalties that he took for Fulham in the 2022-23 Premier League season, becoming the first player to ever miss as many as four penalties in a single EPL campaign. theanalyst.com/eu/2023/05/be…
    RT by @OptaAnalyst: Pochettino to Chelsea: how would it work? #CFC https://theanalyst.com/eu/2023/05/pochettino-to-chelsea-how-would-it-work/
    Pochettino to Chelsea: how would it work? #CFC theanalyst.com/eu/2023/05/po…
    RT by @OptaAnalyst: After keeping a league-high 17 Premier League clean sheets in 2022-23, David de Gea's total of 147 overall in the competition are now just 15 off Petr Cech's record of 162 for a single club (Chelsea). More clean sheet records, here. ⬇️ https://theanalyst.com/eu/2023/05/the-most-premier-league-clean-sheets/
    After keeping a league-high 17 Premier League clean sheets in 2022-23, David de Gea's total of 147 overall in the competition are now just 15 off Petr Cech's record of 162 for a single club (Chelsea). theanalyst.com/eu/2023/05/th…
    RT by @OptaAnalyst: 101 - Following the end of the 2022-23 Premier League season, we've compiled 101 of the best facts from the campaign. Selection. https://theanalyst.com/eu/2023/05/101-best-premier-league-facts-2022-23/
    101 - Following the end of the 2022-23 Premier League season, we've compiled 101 of the best facts from the campaign. Selection. theanalyst.com/eu/2023/05/10…
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    RT by @berkeley_ai: TY ⁦@BotJunkie⁩ for great story about this project! Simeon Adebola will present ⁦the details tomorrow @3:50 pm @ieee_ras_icra⁩ in London. ⁦@AUTOLab_Cal⁩ ⁦@Berkeley_AI https://spectrum.ieee.org/robot-gardener
    TY ⁦@BotJunkie⁩ for great story about this project! Simeon Adebola will present ⁦the details tomorrow @3:50 pm @ieee_ras_icra⁩ in London. ⁦@AUTOLab_Cal⁩ ⁦@Berkeley_AI spectrum.ieee.org/robot-gard…
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    RT by @pixelatedboat: imagine a world where you can put your face on the head of an elf doing a funny little dance routine and then email it to all your friends.... thanks to the revolutionary magic of AI, this will soon become a reality. entertainment is finished
    imagine a world where you can put your face on the head of an elf doing a funny little dance routine and then email it to all your friends.... thanks to the revolutionary magic of AI, this will soon become a reality. entertainment is finished
    RT by @pixelatedboat: 16 years ago today, never forget
    16 years ago today, never forget
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    Pochettino to Chelsea - a good fit for the team, maybe not so much for the club https://theathletic.com/4527226/2023/05/19/cox-pochettino-chelsea-tactics/?source=emp_shared_article
    Pochettino to Chelsea - a good fit for the team, maybe not so much for the club theathletic.com/4527226/2023…
    R to @Zonal_Marking: This is mad. I make it 14 of their 19 defeats were by a single goal.
    This is mad. I make it 14 of their 19 defeats were by a single goal. nitter.net/DJT1981/status/1662929455818448897#m
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    There will be two long reads on my blog this week, one English club and one Italian club (that I have not analysed before) 👍
    There will be two long reads on my blog this week, one English club and one Italian club (that I have not analysed before) 👍  ( 1 min )
    RT by @SwissRamble: Quick financial comparison of the finalists in each UEFA competition (FREE blog): Champions League: Manchester City v Inter Europa League: Roma v Sevilla Europa Conference: West Ham v Fiorentina #MCFC #Inter #ASRoma #SevillaFC #WHUFC #Fiorentina https://swissramble.substack.com/p/uefa-competitions-finals-202223
    Quick financial comparison of the finalists in each UEFA competition (FREE blog): #MCFC #Inter #ASRoma #SevillaFC #WHUFC #Fiorentina swissramble.substack.com/p/u…

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    TEDx Boston | 3D World Simulation: The last domino before we get AGI | Tejas Kulkarni ... https://youtu.be/AMbPl8Ki9fU via @YouTube
    TEDx Boston | 3D World Simulation: The last domino before we get AGI | Tejas Kulkarni ... piped.video/AMbPl8Ki9fU via @YouTube
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    For the first time in the Premier League, the top half all finished with a positive goal difference and the bottom half all finished with a negative goal difference.
    For the first time in the Premier League, the top half all finished with a positive goal difference and the bottom half all finished with a negative goal difference.
    #disappointingdeflection but I reckon Everton fans might not care
    #disappointingdeflection but I reckon Everton fans might not care
    R to @Zonal_Marking: His classic goal.
    His classic goal.
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    RT by @losthunderlads: Twitter is the war-ravaged planet they return to so they can continue fighting forever.
    Twitter is the war-ravaged planet they return to so they can continue fighting forever.
    I often think of Alex Cockburn's reply to people blaming Kissinger for US policy on Timor, that it made sense to do so only if Gerald Ford were such an "abysmal moron" he had no idea what was going on.
    I often think of Alex Cockburn's reply to people blaming Kissinger for US policy on Timor, that it made sense to do so only if Gerald Ford were such an "abysmal moron" he had no idea what was going on. nitter.net/BrankoMilan/status/1662505483528470529#m
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    "Just as in the Tar Heel State, a major shakeup on New York's top court since the midterms could lead to a new, hyper-partisan map for 2024." @Redistrict has the latest: https://www.cookpolitical.com/analysis/house/new-york-house/could-democrats-redraw-new-yorks-house-map-2024-its-complicated
    "Just as in the Tar Heel State, a major shakeup on New York's top court since the midterms could lead to a new, hyper-partisan map for 2024." @Redistrict has the latest: cookpolitical.com/analysis/h…
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    do not reject papers if scores in a table do not beat the (current, temporary, dull) SOTA. do not write papers only with the objective of claiming the (newest, transient, volatile) SOTA.
    do not reject papers if scores in a table do not beat the (current, temporary, dull) SOTA. nitter.net/davidwhogg/status/1662833963444969473#m
    hiking on Windows XP, surviving deadlines (from "APRIL's social activity log", May 2023) w/ @andreasgrv @awxuelong @loreloc_ @dmalitesta @ema_marconato Antonio Mari, Reza Ghassemi, Rickey Liang
    hiking on Windows XP, @andreasgrv @awxuelong @loreloc_ @dmalitesta @ema_marconato Antonio Mari, Reza Ghassemi, Rickey Liang
    RT by @tetraduzione: Does anyone know of interesting graph datasets where the task is semi-supervised regression (imputation / interpolation) on: 1) edges, 2) vertices and edges, jointly.
    Does anyone know of interesting graph datasets where the task is semi-supervised regression (imputation / interpolation) on: 1) edges, 2) vertices and edges, jointly.
    RT by @tetraduzione: Fun fact about @Twitter's 2FA: if you're currently logged in, you can disable it without any further verification (such as, say 2FA). So if someone steals a device logged on Twitter, they can disable 2FA (and then easily gain control of the account). 🤷
    Fun fact about @Twitter's 2FA: if you're currently logged in, you can disable it without any further verification (such as, say 2FA). So if someone steals a device logged on Twitter, they can disable 2FA (and then easily gain control of the account). 🤷
    RT by @tetraduzione: This is incredible: 1. The lawyers submitted a brief with citations/quotes to bogus cases. 2. Opposing counsel said they can't find these cases. 3. Court orders lawyers to submit the full text of the bogus cases. 4. The lawyers submit entire bogus cases generated by ChatGPT. 🤯
    This is incredible: 1. The lawyers submitted a brief with citations/quotes to bogus cases. 2. Opposing counsel said they can't find these cases. 3. Court orders lawyers to submit the full text of the bogus cases. 4. The lawyers submit entire bogus cases generated by ChatGPT. 🤯
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    U.S. export prices down 5.9 percent from April 2022 to April 2023 https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2023/u-s-export-prices-down-5-9-percent-from-april-2022-to-april-2023.htm #BLSdata
    U.S. export prices down 5.9 percent from April 2022 to April 2023 bls.gov/opub/ted/2023/u-s-ex… #BLSdata
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    alphas always commit directly to main
    alphas always commit directly to main nitter.net/alexkyllo/status/1662695432609472512#m
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    Virtually every ML paper is a method comparison, where the authors almost always have a "horse in the race". This is bad for science. We need to diversify and embrace empirical studies that are not incentivized to push a particular narrative or make a specific method look good.
    Virtually every ML paper is a method comparison, where the authors almost always have a "horse in the race". This is bad for science. We need to diversify and embrace empirical studies that are not incentivized to push a particular narrative or make a specific method look good.
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    Politically polarized Google users are not steered to partisan sites by the search engine's algorithm but generally decide to go there on their own https://trib.al/qJAUh5u
    Politically polarized Google users are not steered to partisan sites by the search engine's algorithm but generally decide to go there on their own trib.al/qJAUh5u

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    "In 2020, Biden 'wasted' 5.1 million votes in California, 2 million in New York, 1.2 million in Massachusetts, and just over a million each in Illinois and Maryland." @CharlieCookDC on Democrats' 2024 problem: https://www.cookpolitical.com/analysis/national/national-politics/why-democrats-should-be-nervous
    "In 2020, Biden 'wasted' 5.1 million votes in California, 2 million in New York, 1.2 million in Massachusetts, and just over a million each in Illinois and Maryland." @CharlieCookDC on Democrats' 2024 problem: cookpolitical.com/analysis/n…
    How worried should GOP candidates be about the "Trump drag" in 2024? @amyewalter looks at the potential impact of a Trump-led GOP ticket on 2024 House races. https://www.cookpolitical.com/analysis/national/national-politics/can-republicans-hope-outrun-trump-2024-house-races
    How worried should GOP candidates be about the "Trump drag" in 2024? @amyewalter looks at the potential impact of a Trump-led GOP ticket on 2024 House races. cookpolitical.com/analysis/n…
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    What's the rationale behind this? (1) overhyping a preprint by spamming the press, tagging influencers, and hosting a Twitter Space (2) making everyone jump through hoops to access your data (3) declaring you won't release your code until after the paper is published in a journal
    What's the rationale behind this? (1) overhyping a preprint by spamming the press, tagging influencers, and hosting a Twitter Space (2) making everyone jump through hoops to access your data (3) declaring you won't release your code until after the paper is published in a journal
    Question for fans of regression discontinuity design: What do the associated p-values mean?
    Question for fans of regression discontinuity design: What do the associated p-values mean?
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    articles like this (alleging a “woke coup” by bureaucrats against the legislature/executive) have a very different vibe when you consider that only 30% of adults say they’d vote for the party currently in control of the government https://economist.com/interactive/uk-general-election/polls
    articles like this (alleging a “woke coup” by bureaucrats against the legislature/executive) have a very different vibe when you consider that only 30% of adults say they’d vote for the party currently in control of the government economist.com/interactive/uk…
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    RT by @pixelatedboat: My favorite band from the nineties was the Breeders. They’re still touring. I wish I could do a show with them!
    My favorite band from the nineties was the Breeders. They’re still touring. I wish I could do a show with them!
    RT by @pixelatedboat: one of the greatest burdens you can carry in this life is periodically waking up with "there was nothing in al capone's VAULT / but it wasn't Geraldo's FAULT" and having it stuck in your head literally all day
    one of the greatest burdens you can carry in this life is periodically waking up with "there was nothing in al capone's VAULT / but it wasn't Geraldo's FAULT" and having it stuck in your head literally all day
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    RT by @SwissRamble: Tom’s Dad here. Tom is ok. Very happy but so sad he can’t be there with his team mates. Here is the moment…….
    Tom’s Dad here. Tom is ok. Very happy but so sad he can’t be there with his team mates. Here is the moment…….
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    Commercializing quantum computers step by step https://go.nature.com/43qWP8u
    Commercializing quantum computers step by step go.nature.com/43qWP8u
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    RT by @tetraduzione: That is pretty dope...
    That is pretty dope... nitter.net/DrJimFan/status/1662115266933972993#m
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    Guro Reiten, the WSL's best player this season - and unusually, a excellent winger who doesn't really dribble past opponents https://theathletic.com/4538690/2023/05/22/guro-reiten-won-the-wsl-for-chelsea-she-should-have-won-player-of-the-year/
    Guro Reiten, the WSL's best player this season - and unusually, a excellent winger who doesn't really dribble past opponents theathletic.com/4538690/2023…
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    oh you think im a fed? youre damn right im fed .. breafast lunch and dinner
    oh you think im a fed? youre damn right im fed .. breafast lunch and dinner
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    Catch up on all the new #BLSdata and publications that came out this week! https://www.bls.gov/opub/update.htm
    Catch up on all the new #BLSdata and publications that came out this week! bls.gov/opub/update.htm
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